Martha Bayles

1 week ago | claremontreviewofbooks.com | Daniel Mahoney |Gary Saul Morson |Anthony Esolen |Martha Bayles

Download Subscriber Only Subscribe Winston S. Churchill will remain worthy of study and admiration wherever true greatness is celebrated.

1 week ago | claremontreviewofbooks.com | Victor Davis Hanson |Martha Bayles |Gary Saul Morson |Luke Foster

Download Subscriber Only Subscribe As World War II raged in Europe, Douglas MacArthur, perhaps the best known and most decorated American general of his era, was called out of retirement at age 61 to command all United States Army Forces in the Far East. He was eager to return to Army headquarters in the Philippines, where he had earlier in retirement overseen the creation of the islands’ defenses.

Dec 9, 2024 | claremontreviewofbooks.com | Joseph Epstein |William Voegeli |Martha Bayles

Example, an old adage has it, is not proof. But then, apart from mathematics and litigation, proof is not everywhere required, while examples have various uses. “Example is the school of mankind,” wrote Edmund Burke, “and they learn at no other.” In his book Farnsworth’s Classical English Style (2020), Ward Farnsworth holds that “examples show how principles work, and the principles can be adapted to less dramatic settings.

Nov 27, 2024 | claremontreviewofbooks.com | Dan McLaughlin |Ian Johnson |Martha Bayles |Theodore Dalrymple

A life well lived need not follow a single storyline. Lew Lehrman’s life has been well lived in many fields of endeavor, as he acknowledges by entitling his memoir The Sum of It All. It’s a title of many meanings. Lehrman is consumed with sums, both in business and in advocating balanced budgets and sound money. Yet, he takes his inspiration from Winston Churchill’s view of the primacy of history.

Nov 27, 2024 | claremontreviewofbooks.com | Dan McLaughlin |Ian Johnson |Martha Bayles |Theodore Dalrymple

A life well lived need not follow a single storyline. Lew Lehrman’s life has been well lived in many fields of endeavor, as he acknowledges by entitling his memoir The Sum of It All. It’s a title of many meanings. Lehrman is consumed with sums, both in business and in advocating balanced budgets and sound money. Yet, he takes his inspiration from Winston Churchill’s view of the primacy of history.