Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

Over the past ten years, the Claremont Review of Books has become one of the preeminent conservative magazines in the United States. With essays by the likes of William F. Buckley, Jr., Christopher Hitchens, Richard Brookheiser, James Q. Wilson, Allen C. Guelzo, Victor Davis Hansen, Ross Douthat, and many others, this collection surveys the range of issues addressed in the Review's first decade, from the conservative critique of American progressivism to foreign policy, politics, history, and culture. Liberally illustrated with art director Elliot Banfield's popular cartoons, Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness provides the magazine's many devotees with a treasured keepsake of a tumultuous decade and will be of interest to all those who care about American politics and culture.

Introduction: A Decade of CRB	p. 1
Progressivism and the Liberal Century
Taming Big Government	p. 11
A Nicer Form of Tyranny	p. 22
Why the Election of 1912 Changed America	p. 27
EDR as Statesman	p. 36
The Endless Party	p. 45
Involuntary Associations	p. 53
A Left-Handed Salute	p. 58
Flights of Fancy	p. 64
Renewing Conservatism
The Conservative Challenge	p. 71
The Right Stuff	p. 84
Civil Rights and the Conservative Movement	p. 94
The Myth of the Racist Republicans	p. 109
The Long Detour	p. 116
Why Conservatives Lost the War of Ideas	p. 123
The Conservative Cocoon	p. 127
Taligunner Ann	p. 131
The War We Are In
Victory: What It Will Take to Win	p. 137
War in the Absence of Strategic Clarity	p. 152
Leo Strauss and American Foreign Policy	p. 158
Democracy and the Bush Doctrine	p. 167
Tribes of Terror	p. 176
The Home Front: Left, Right, and (Elusive) Center	p. 187
Theater of War	p. 194
Why We Don't Win	p. 199
Intermezzo: A Portfolio of Illustrations from the Claremont Review of Books	p. 215
Statement and Despots
Aristotle and Locke in the American Founding	p. 253
Moral Monster	p. 257
The Man Who Made Modern America	p. 261
Three-Fifths Historian	p. 267
How the Confederates Won	p. 272
The Bicentennial Lincolns	p. 276
Tyranny and Utopia	p. 291
Thoughts and Adventures	p. 297
The Greatness and Decline of American Oratory	p. 306
Current Contentions
Business as Usual	p. 317
The Presidential Nomination Mess	p. 319
Continental Drift	p. 329
France's Immigrant Problem-and Ours	p. 340
Free to Use	p. 348
All the Leaves Are Brown	p. 351
Is Health Care a Right?	p. 362
Hearts and Minds
Born American, But in the Wrong Place	p. 369
The Crisis of American National Identity	p. 375
The Debacle at Harvard	p. 385
The Education Mill	p. 388
Wimps and Barbarians	p. 392
Against the Virtual Life	p. 402
A Dance to the (Disco) Music of Time	p. 407
The Three Rings	p. 411
Arts, Literature, and Leisure
Building Democracy	p. 417
Pith and Pen	p. 423
Man of Letters	p. 426
Larry McMurtry and the American West	p. 430
The Genius of Old New York	p. 436
Aryan Sister	p. 444
Is There Intelligent Life on Television?	p. 450
Music, Philosophy, and Generation Y	p. 459
Macbeth and the Moral University	p. 463
Index	p. 477
List of Contributors	p. 501
List of Books Reviewed and Discussed	p. 505
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Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness Ten Years of the Claremont Review of Books

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