David Azerrad

Director, Simon Center

David Azerrad devotes his time and research to increasing public understanding of America’s founding principles. As director of the B. Kenneth Simon Center for Principles and Politics and AWC Family Foundation fellow, he teaches the tenets of the American political tradition to policymakers, political leaders and the public at large, while connecting our founding principles to the thorny questions of the day. Read his research.

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  • Today’s Left Is Worlds Apart From the Old Progressivism

    David Azerrad
    The following post is part of a symposium titled “Multiculturalism vs Patriotism,” which features an essay by Thomas D. Klingenstein and responses by David Azerrad, Matthew Continetti, Allen C. Guelzo, and Roger Kimball. The symposium appears in the Spring 2019 issue of the Claremont Review of Books and is available for immediate access here.   Thomas Klingenstein has…
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  • The NeverTrump Movement Is on Life Support
    David Azerrad

  • Covington Student Was Indicted for the Sin of Smirking While White
    David Azerrad

  • Is the Conservative-Libertarian Alliance Worth Preserving?
    David Azerrad

  • George Washington Deserves His Own Day, Not Presidents Day
    David Azerrad

  • What the Constitution Really Says About Race and Slavery
    David Azerrad

  • What Is Unique About the American Character
    David Azerrad

  • Obama’s Conservative Defense of Obamacare
    David Azerrad

  • How Florida Is Trying to Push Back Against Federal Government Overreach
    David Azerrad

  • The Problems With New Study ‘Showing’ Liberals Are Happier Than Conservatives
    David Azerrad

  • Here’s a Way to Slash Inequality: Exile the 1 Percent
    David Azerrad

  • What Patricia Arquette Got Wrong About the Founders and Women
    David Azerrad

  • It’s 2017. What a Conservative President Would Say in the State of the Union.
    David Azerrad

  • The Two Key Passages from the Constitution All Lawmakers Should Read
    David Azerrad

  • What’s Behind the Assault on the First Amendment
    David Azerrad

  • The Constitution Isn’t a Liberal or Conservative Document
    David Azerrad
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