Claremonster

plural Claremonsters

1. USslanggovernmentA contributor to the Claremont Review of Books, a quarterly review of politics and statesmanship published by the conservative Claremont Institute.

   The “Claremonsters'” (Michael Anton, Thomas Klingenstein, John Eastman and Charles Kesler, who are affiliated with the Claremont Institute; Larry Arnn of Hillsdale College, and, yes, Vance).

   2025 December 2, Thomas B. Edsall, “Is There Life for MAGA After Trump?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Dec 2025

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   More so than Trump the man, the Claremonsters (as they wryly call themselves) appreciated and gave intellectual legitimacy to the populist revolt against the politically correct contempt of the ruling class.

   2021, Glenn Ellmers, The Soul of Politics: Harry V. Jaffa and the Fight for America

   Not only is it striking that you brought these “Claremonsters” into the EEOC, but it is just amazing to me that you brought in professors to try to learn something. Mostly in Washington, heads of agencies think they know everything.

   2022, Michael Pack, Mark Paoletta, Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words

   The "principled loserdom" mentality leads to what another Claremonster, Michael Anton, referred to in a famous 2016 essay as the "Washington Generals"—the exhibition basketball team known for once losing 2,495 games in a row.

   2022 April 21, Josh Hammer, “Against 'Principled Loserdom'”, in Newsweek, archived from the original on 28 Apr 2022