Charles Johnson
Charles Johnson is a writer for the Forum. He serves as editor emeritus of The Claremont Independent and as founder of the infamous/famous conservative blog, The Claremont Conservative. Most recently, his work has appeared in City Journal, The New York Sun, and BigGovernment.com. When he isn't writing, reading, working, or attending class, he is sleeping.
Gingers: The Next Campus Civil Rights Struggle
To my fellow gingers: Rejoice! For we have achieved a great victory, possibly the greatest, milestone of our species. This past week, one of our own, Christina Hendricks,...
Is It Time To Fire Dean David “Fid” Castro?
By every account, the answer is a resounding “yes.” First, there was his handling of the banning of David Daleiden CMC ’11 and Kyle Kinneberg CMC ’09 from...
What Sustainability Means for CMC
In a recent email to the entire college, President Pamela Gann listed eight items that the Board of Trustees had agreed to review in May. Number eight was the seemingly...
The Debate Forgot Our History
I attended the student debate last night and have to say that I was a bit disappointed with what I heard.
An Open Letter on Dating to My Fellow CMCers
Dear CMC, Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about why it is that so few people at the Claremont Colleges go on dates. It has always struck me as odd that I’ve...
Reading Rose Friedman on the Road to Serfdom
Rose Friedman passed away this week, following her last husband, Milton, of 68 years, into that blue beyond. Her ashes are to be scattered across the ocean, where...
That’s the Way It Shouldn’t Be
If it is often said that newspapers are the first draft of history, then the nightly press is the clearing of the throat. Much responsibility falls to get the tone...
A CMCer at OSHA?
At Claremont McKenna, we salute those who join the civil service. This tradition stems from CMC’s founding when our first president, George C. S. Benson dreamed...
Like it in the Ath More
If you’re like me, you really like it in the Ath (notwithstanding this lackluster past semester). And what’s not to like? Good(-ish) food, the company...
eBaying CMC
In every downturn, there are opportunities. So seems to be the take away from CMC alum, Jonathan Rosenberg’s (CMC ’83) talk at the Athenaeum in which he talked...
Recent
- Carl Peaslee on Summer Stories Series: "The form is fixed now. It is at the bottom of the post...."
- Kelsey Brown on Letters to Freshmen: The High School Sweetheart: "I believe what she meant was that if you are consumed by your relation..."
- missed the point on Letters to Freshmen: The High School Sweetheart: "I think my name says it..."
- in a relationship on Letters to Freshmen: The High School Sweetheart: "why can't someone feel satisfied with their relationship and be happy ..."
- Jillian on Pimp My Campus: "oooh, new walkway! so excited to see it when I get back!!..."