The Claremont Review of Books (or CRB) is a quarterly review of politics and statesmanship published by the Claremont Institute. Many consider it a conservative intellectual answer to the left-leaning New York Review of Books. In the journal's words, it "offers bold arguments for a reinvigorated conservatism, which draws upon the timeless principles of the American Founding and applies them to the moral and political problems we face today. By engaging policy at the level of ideas, the CRB aims to reawaken in American politics a statesmanship and citizenship worthy of our noblest political traditions." A typical issue consists of several book reviews and a selection of essays on topics of conservatism and political philosophy, history, and literature. Editing is the process of preparing language, images, or sound for presentation through correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... The Claremont Institute is a conservative think tank based in Claremont, California. ... Politics is the process by which groups make decisions. ... The term statesman is a respectful term used to refer to diplomats, politicians, and other notable figures of state. ... The Claremont Institute is a conservative think tank based in Claremont, California. ... This article deals with conservatism as a political philosophy. ... The New York Review of Books (or NYRB) is a biweekly magazine on literature, culture, and current affairs published in New York which takes as its point of departure that the discussion of important books is itself an indispensable literary activity. ... An essay is a short work of writing that treats a topic from an authors personal point of view. ...

It began publishing in its present form in 2000, under the editorship of Charles Kesler. Contributors have included Harry Jaffa, Mark Helprin (a columnist for the magazine), Victor Davis Hanson, Michael Uhlmann, Benjamin Balint, Diana Schaub, Gerard Alexander, and William F. Buckley. Elliot Banfield is the journal's art director. Martha Bayles is the magazine's film and television critic. The staff includes senior editor Christopher Flannery, managing editor John B. Kienker, and assistant editor Joseph Tartakovsky. Charles Kesler is editor of the Claremont Review of Books, and the author of Keeping the Tablets: Readings in American Conservatism. ... Harry V. Jaffa is an author, and director of the Claremont Institute, a California-based Conservative think tank. ... Mark Helprin (born on June 28, 1947) is a contemporary award-winning American Jewish novelist and journalist, best known for his novel Winter’s Tale and his writing for The New Yorker. ... American historian Victor Davis Hanson on C-SPAN Victor Davis Hanson (born 1953 in Fowler, California) is a military historian, columnist, political essayist and former Classics professor, best known as a scholar of ancient warfare as well as a commentator on modern warfare. ... Michael M. Uhlmann is currently visiting professor of government in the department of politics and policy at Claremont Graduate University and Claremont McKenna College. ... Benjamin Balint is a writer and editor living in Jerusalem. ... Dr. Diana Schaub, Chair, Department of Political Science, Loyola College in Maryland Dr. Schaub received her Ph. ... William F. Buckley may refer to: William Francis Buckley, U.S. Army officer and CIA operative William F. Buckley, Jr. ...

“It is a joy to read the Claremont Review of Books,” says Victor Davis Hanson. Scott Johnson of Power Line blog writes that “One of the reasons that the Claremont Review of Books is my favorite magazine is that each issue constitutes a virtual education in politics.” Charles R. Kesler's "Democracy and the Bush Doctrine" was reprinted in an anthology of conservative writings on the Iraq War, edited by Commentary Managing Editor Gary Rosen. The CRB was party to a high-profile exchange in Commentary between Editor-at-Large Norman Podhoretz and CRB editor Charles R. Kesler and CRB contributors and Claremont Institute senior fellows Mark Helprin and Angelo M. Codevilla over the Bush Administration’s conduct of the Iraq war. American historian Victor Davis Hanson on C-SPAN Victor Davis Hanson (born 1953 in Fowler, California) is a military historian, columnist, political essayist and former Classics professor, best known as a scholar of ancient warfare as well as a commentator on modern warfare. ... Power Line is a neoconservative blog run by three lawyers: John H. Hinderaker (Hindrocket), Scott W. Johnson (The Big Trunk) and Paul Mirengoff (Deacon). Power Line covers political and social issues from a conservative viewpoint. ... Commentary is a journal published by the American Jewish Committee, since 1945. ... Norman Podhoretz (born January 16, 1930) is considered to be a prominent neo-conservative thinker and writer. ...

See also

• Claremont Institute

The Claremont Institute is a conservative think tank based in Claremont, California. ...

External links

• Official website
• Mention by U.S. News & World Report, July 11, 2005
• Claremont Review of Books on OpinionJournal.com
• Editor Charles R. Kesler interviewed on C-Span's Fall Book Preview, October 7, 2005
• Claremont Review of Books contributor Angelo M. Codevilla and editor Charles R. Kesler at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, April 30-May 1, 2005