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Nicholas Clairmont

Nicholas Clairmont is the Life and Arts editor of the Washington Examiner Magazine and a freelance writer.

The Ancient Male Art of Monitoring the Situation

Beneath the joke of ‘monitoring the situation’ memes lies a deep and unchangeable male instinct: the instinct for heroic action.

March 3, 2026

Nicholas Clairmont

Stop Striving and Have a Baby

Growing up rich in Manhattan, I was taught that becoming a parent meant your life was over. My baby daughter has taught me something else.

June 14, 2025

Nicholas Clairmont

A City on The Edge of Destruction

Odessa is tattered, majestic, and still with us—for now.

April 21, 2022

Nicholas Clairmont

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