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Jerry Weinberger is a Professor Emeritus of Political Science and University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University.

May 21, 2018|Heinrich Meier, Leo Strauss, Machiavelli, Political Philosophy and the Challenge of Revealed Religion, Socrates

Thoughts on Strauss and Machiavelli

by Jerry Weinberger|5 Comments

Heinrich Meier's new book on the challenge of revealed religion to political philosophy.

Reconsidering the Sources of American Liberty

by Tony Williams

Wormersley's volume addresses the sources of American Revolution and how those ideas fashioned American understandings of liberty.

Just Before the Return of the Strong Gods: On Charles Péguy’s Temporal and Eternal

by James Matthew Wilson

Nature hates a vacuum, and if modern civic life does not fill itself with a range of sound mystiques, others, more dark, will make an entrance.

The Populist Presidency vs. The Founders' Presidency

A discussion with Stephen F. Knott

Stephen Knott discusses the immense revolution in power that has remade the American presidency over the past century.

Judicial Supremacy and the Constitution

A discussion with Greg Weiner

Greg Weiner discusses the difference between the political constitution and the judicial constitution.

Managing Whiteshift

A discussion with Eric Kaufmann

A discussion with Eric Kaufmann about white majorities and the future of politics in western democracies.

Brexit Shenanigans and the Old English Constitution

A discussion with Helen Dale

Helen Dale discusses Brexit, the English Constitution, and the future of British politics.

The Lighthouse: New England Dread Meets Greek Myth

While there are elements of New England sea folklore in The Lighthouse, there is also classic mythology.
by Mark Judge
Originalism, the Fourth Amendment, and New Technology

To determine the content of the common law right in such unclear cases, one must put oneself in the position of a common law judge at the time.
by Mike Rappaport
Marginalizing Nature

To accept the idea of normality is neither to reprehend those who are abnormal, nor to treat them badly.
by Theodore Dalrymple
Checks and Balances Needs More Balance

A more balanced critique of the Attorney General's view of the scope of executive power would be both more persuasive and less polarizing.
by John O. McGinnis
Lincoln and Liberal Democracy

Americans should always be reminded that democracy can gravely err in deciding questions of justice.
by Forrest A. Nabors

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