Paul Ryan’s Way Forward
In a 1996 interview, Robin Williams described Claremont McKenna College, where he spent his freshman year, as “very conservative, with a lot of economists, a lot of think tank guys.” The school has...
View ArticleFeatured Organization: Young Americans for Freedom
As a conservative in an overwhelmingly liberal college environment, it can often be difficult to engage in intellectual discourse with like-minded individuals. Two CMC students, Cameron Ridley ’15 and...
View ArticleScripps College, George Will, and Sexual Assault
As many of you now know, George Will was recently disinvited from speaking this coming February at Scripps College’s Elizabeth Hubert Malott Public Affairs Program, a series that is designed to bring...
View ArticleA Free Market Defense of Plan B Vending Machines
By Chris Gaarder and Hannah Oh Here at the Claremont Independent, we aim to kindle meaningful discussion by introducing less commonly held views on a variety of campus issues. In his latest opinion...
View ArticleThe Elephants’ Charge: Voters Nationwide Stampede to GOP
The February 2014 cover story of the Claremont Independent, “2014: Year of the Elephant,” boldly asserted that Republicans would win big in the midterm elections. The article was met with widespread...
View ArticleBill Kristol Talks Microaggressions, the Media, and Newt Gingrich
Bill Kristol has made quite the career for himself. Twenty years ago, after stints in government, the academy, and non-profits, he co-founded the Weekly Standard, the nationally influential...
View ArticleWho We Are: A Survey of the Claremont Independent Staff
Between the George Will disinvitation at Scripps, the Allan Cunningham controversy at Harvey Mudd, and the one-sidedness of political discussions at the Claremont Colleges as a whole, it was a rough...
View ArticleEditorial: Welcome to the Claremont Independent
Dear Class of 2019, Congratulations! This week, you have officially entered “The Bubble.” You now belong to one of the most intellectual, elite liberal arts institutions in the country—where reasoned...
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