Thoughts on Harry Jaffa and “Natural Right”
Some traditional conservatives wince when they hear Straussians, especially Harry Jaffa and his students, talk about natural right. They see such talk as derived from Enlightenment rationalism…
How Jaffa’s Critics Remember Him
American political science has lost a significant contributor with the demise of Harry V. Jaffa (1918-2015). We mourn the death of Professor Jaffa, and acknowledge that there…
Mel Bradford and the Founding
Mel Bradford’s interest in the Founding follows naturally from his Agrarianism. He believed that, unlike the French and Russian Revolutions, America’s was a conservative revolution. Both the…