Israel, America, Biden & Trump
RealClearPolitics president and co-founder Tom Bevan, Washington bureau chief Carl Cannon, Peter Berkowitz, former director of the State...
View ArticleCampus Backing of Hamas Condemns U.S. Higher Education
It is not university administrators''.ord('Ã').';'''.ord('¢').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';' job to opine on behalf of their institutions on the great issues of the...
View ArticleBolstering U.S. Foreign Policy by Repairing U.S. Dysfunction
The United States is ''.ord('Ã').';'''.ord('¢').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'facing an inflection point in...
View ArticleThe Disfiguring Prism of Oppressor and Oppressed
On Oct. 13, New York Times columnist Pamela Paul reported that a Stanford University student told her that on Oct. 10,...
View ArticleThe Context of Hamas Apologists’ Call for Context
Strategists close to the front seek to understand the constellation of circumstances and ideas that give rise to war. So too must responsible commentators far from danger assess the...
View ArticleThe General Education Act Renews Liberal Education in America
On Nov. 16, the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C., the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal in North Carolina, and the National Association of Scholars in New York City (I...
View ArticleAntisemitism, Multiculturalism, and Barbarism
The enormity of Hamas''.ord('Ã').';'''.ord('¢').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';' 10/7 mass atrocities breaks the heart and scorches the mind. Or so a person of ordinary...
View ArticleCampus Dysfunction Easy To Recognize, Difficult To Cure
Machiavelli observes in ''.ord('Ã').';'''.ord('¢').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'The...
View ArticleThe Colonialism Slander in the State Department and Beyond
Left-wing intellectuals have transformed the complex history of...
View ArticleOxford Scholars Betray Their Vocation To Vilify Israel
Professors set the tone on campus. Those dedicated to liberal education scrupulously conduct and disseminate research that advances understanding of morality, politics, and the physical world. And they...
View ArticlePrinceton Conference Celebrates UDHR’s 75th Birthday
PRINCETON''.ord('Ã').';'''.ord('¢').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'Events around the globe have cast a shadow over human rights and the great post-World War II project...
View Article'Flight 93 Election' Anti-Trumpers Imperil the Rule of Law
On Sept. 5, 2016, The Claremont Review of Books''.ord('Ã').';'''.ord('¢').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';' website published...
View ArticleNetanyahu’s 'Saudi Bind' Muddles Planning for 'The Day After'
TEL AVIV ''.ord('Ã').';'''.ord('¢').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';' ''.ord('Ã').';'''.ord('¢').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'Hamas must...
View ArticleHamas, PA, and UNRWA Educate Gaza Schoolchildren for Jihad
Gaza Strip schools fostered the depraved sensibility that fueled the Oct. 7 butchery perpetrated by Hamas jihadists in southern Israel. While Hamas exercised dictatorial authority over the whole of...
View ArticleThe Task of Journalism in a Free Society
By the summer of 2016, Donald Trump had secured the Republican nomination for president. In the eyes of the elite media, a Trump presidency no longer seemed an outlandish fantasy but rather a menacing...
View ArticleBulwark Writers Double Down on Trump as Democracy’s Destroyer
Is a Trump victory in election 2024 destined to end democracy in America? How should a responsible citizen respond to the...
View ArticleThe International Court of Justice on Trial
Yesterday, less than two weeks after the conclusion of its public hearings concerning the charges of genocide South Africa brought against Israel, the International Court of Justice in The Hague...
View ArticleProf. Moyn’s Jeremiad Against Limited Government
America''.ord('Ã').';'''.ord('¢').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'s progressive left and much of the so-called new right resent the idea of limited government. They see...
View ArticleHigher Education Reform, Civic Thought, and Liberal Education
For decades, American colleges and universities have desperately needed reform. The urgency of the moment may create openings to mitigate the damage and restore the basic elements of liberal education....
View ArticleHarvard’s Crisis Stems From Debased Curriculum
Last month, Harry Lewis published a Harvard Crimson column that squarely laid the blame on Harvard for the crisis that has engulfed the great university. Fifty years of experience on the banks of the...
View ArticleIsrael’s Reasonable War Aims and Strategy
In ''.ord('Ã').';'''.ord('¢').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'The Goals of the War in Gaza...
View ArticleReconciling Israeli and US Plans for “The Day After” in Gaza
TEL AVIV''.ord('Ã').';'''.ord('¢').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'The United States and Israel have advanced apparently conflicting visions of the day after Israel...
View ArticleAnti-Americanism Fans the Flames of “The New Antisemitism”
TEL AVIV''.ord('Ã').';'''.ord('¢').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many young Jews who sought to escape the scourge of European...
View ArticleThe Public Interest Fellowship in Israel
TEL AVIV''.ord('Ã').';'''.ord('¢').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'Israel has always presented amazing contrasts. On its just-concluded 10-day trip to the Jewish state...
View ArticleTrump-Reagan Fusion Can Win the New Cold War
Since Donald Trump''.ord('Ã').';'''.ord('¢').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'s rise within Republican ranks, conservatives have divided into two competing foreign policy...
View ArticleReclaiming Israel’s Hybrid Character
Israelis from all walks of life believe that the Oct. 7 massacres changed something vital in them and in their country. The horrors of the recent past weigh on...
View ArticleAmerican Conservatism Clarifies National Conservatism’s Contribution
Members of moral, political, and religious traditions share basic assumptions, fundamental principles, and central convictions about their associations and institutions. Since human beings are...
View ArticleDerek Bok’s Flawed Diagnosis of Harvard’s Ailments
Citizens have good reasons to deplore the condition of higher education in America. Rather than ensure that students acquire a solid foundation of knowledge about American ideas and institutions,...
View ArticlePhilip Howard Aims To Enhance Freedom by Restoring Authority
Largely unbeknownst to themselves, influential segments of the New Right and the progressive left share a deep-seated...
View ArticleThe 10/7 Attacks
On Oct. 10 in an address to the nation, President Joe Biden pledged unequivocal U.S. support for Israel. Hamas had perpetrated an...
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