The Claremont Institute's aims to restore republican government at the local level. This means articulating and applying the fundamental principles of the American Founding: the rule of law, property rights, and morality. Americans should become once again, as James Madison urged, "free and gallant citizens;" "the mutual guardians of their mutual happiness."

"The principled opposition to gay marriage that we saw in the past might, in part, reflect a sort of collective practical wisdom," says Richard Samuelson (wisely, in my opinion) in the post . Indeed, the problem we increasingly face is the rapid loss of any sort of collective practical wisdom regarding anything to do with sex.

is now available, featuring Angelo M. Codevilla on Iraq's civil war, James Q. Wilson on Rudy Giuliani, Andrew E. Busch on Barry Goldwater, Jerry Weinberger on Benjamin Franklin, Harry V. Jaffa and Ralph A. Rossum on original intent jurisprudence, plus conservative media, Renaissance art, democratic architecture, and much more!

The mission of The Claremont Institute is to restore the principles of the American Founding to their rightful, preeminent authority in our national life.

Each year, the Claremont Institute hosts a number of ambitious college students with summer internships at our main office in Claremont, California. Application materials for Summer 2006 are due to be received no later than April 1.

This event will be held on Monday, September 18, 2006 at the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. Please join us for an afternoon of discussion with today's leading scholars, journalists, and civic leaders, followed by a dinner featuring Lawrence Kudlow, recipient of the 2006 Henry Salvatori Prize in the American Founding.

Each summer, the Claremont Institute brings together for a few weeks some of the best and brightest young conservatives in America. These Publius Fellows meet each day with Claremont Institute Senior Fellows and other distinguished visiting scholars to study American political thought and American politics. Applications for the 2006 Publius Fellows program are due to be submitted by March 10.

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