Charles R. Kesler

Charles R. Kesler (born 1956) is professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College and Claremont Graduate University. He is editor of the Claremont Review of Books, and the author of several books.

Not to be confused with Charles Kiesler.
Charles R. Kesler
Born1956
Alma materHarvard University
OccupationAcademic
EmployerClaremont McKenna College, Claremont Graduate University
Known forEditor of the Claremont Review of Books
Spouse(s)Sally Pipes
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Early life

Kesler graduated from Harvard University, where he earned a bachelor of arts degree in 1978, followed by a Ph.D in Government in 1985.[2]

Career

Kesler is a professor of government at Claremont McKenna College and the graduate faculty at Claremont Graduate University.[2] He is a senior fellow of the conservative Claremont Institute, and teaches at their Publius Fellows Program, a summer institute. Additionally, he is the editor of the Claremont Review of Books, a quarterly political magazine. He was the director of Henry Salvatori Center at Claremont McKenna College from 1989 to 2008.[2]

Kesler has published many peer-reviewed articles and political articles and reviews in publications of the Claremont Institute and elsewhere.

Kesler was a delegate to the International Youth Year Conference in Jamaica in 1985.[3]

1776 Commission

Kesler was a member of the Trump administration's 18-member 1776 Commission, which released a report on January 18, 2021 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) that called for "patriotic education"[4] and was touted by its authors as being the "definitive chronicle of the American founding."[5] In the report, the authors identify "racism and identity politics" - along with progressivism - as antithetical to their understanding of American principles.[5]

The report was widely criticized by American historians, including the executive director of the American Historical Association who described it as a work of "cynical politics."[4] The composition of the 1776 Commission was criticized as being comprised solely of conservative educators and lacking "a single professional historian of the United States."[4][5] President Joseph R. Biden dissolved the Commission with one of 17 executive orders he signed on January 20, 2021, the day he took office. The executive order also withdrew the report the Commission had released the day before.[6][7]

Selected works
  • Saving the Revolution:The Federalist Papers and the American Founding (Free Press, 1987) held in over 500 American libraries.
  • Keeping the Tablets: Readings in American Conservatism (HarperCollins, 1988) (together with William F. Buckley, Jr.).
  • The Federalist Papers (Signet Classics, 2003) (this is the best selling edition of The Federalist Papers)[8]

References
  1. "President and CEO". Pacific Research Institute. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  2. "Charles R. Kesler". The Claremont Review of Books. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
  3. Kesler, Charles R. "No fun in the sun", National Review, 1985-06-14. Retrieved on 2009-01-01.
  4. Crowley, Michael; Schuessler, Jennifer (2021-01-19). "Trump's 1776 Commission Critiques Liberalism in Report Derided by Historians". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  5. Brewster, Jack. "Trump's 1776 Commission—Created To Challenge Controversial 1619 Project— Releases Report On MLK Day". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  6. Shear, Michael D. (2021-01-20). "On Day 1, Biden Moves to Undo Trump's Legacy". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  7. "Biden revokes Trump report promoting 'patriotic education'". AP NEWS. 2021-01-21. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  8. "Charles R. Kesler". Global Entrepreneurship Program.
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