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Summary: Superb
Comment: If you are a conservative, and you want your politics with more heft than hype, this is for you. Entertainingly written, it skips the juvenalia of American Spectator and offers an interesting critique on Iraq.
In addition, the literature and art reviews continuously remind one of the depth of Western Culture, and why it is the superior one on the planet.
I'm homeschooling, and I'm keeping all my copies for educational purposes for the kids.
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Summary: Outstanding thoughtful book reviews
Comment: I have just read an outstanding review in Claremont by Benjamin Balint. It is on the Harold Bloom book, comparing the Biblical Yahweh with the Jesus of the New Testament.
Claremont as I understand it has writers who are primarily of conservative bent politically. But what is important is that the reviews are in general thoughtful and interesting.
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Summary: A Lively and Highly Readable Magazine
Comment: CLAREMONT REVIEW OF BOOKS is published quarterly by the Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy. It is an avowedly conservative publication which reflects a belief in limited government that supports the maintenance of a strong defense and promotes family values.A recent issue contained five essays including one on the challenges of raising a generation of young boys in single parent families without the benefit of male role models and another essay on the Federalists. This issue also consisted of more than twenty book reviews such as one by William F. Buckley, Jr. on TREASON: LIBERAL TREACHERY FROM THE COLD WAR TO THE WAR ON TERRORISM by Ann Coulter. The contributors to the magazine are almost exclusively academics except for those writing letters in the CORRESPONDENCE section. CLAREMONT REVIEW OF BOOKS is a lively journal written in a highly readable style. I expect it will fill a necessary niche for political conservatives for at least the foreseeable future.
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