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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.

Remembering an Aristotelian Radical: Henry Veatch and Rational Man

by Douglas B. Rasmussen

Veatch sees human beings as part of a natural order that is not ultimately constructed by humans but is nonetheless knowable and open to human flourishing.

Restoring the Tools of Liberal Learning

by Timothy Fuller

In Liberty Fund's first published book, Education in a Free Society, liberal learning is shown to be the foundation of liberty.

Getting Right with Nationalism: A Conversation with Yoram Hazony

A discussion with Yoram Hazony

Yoram Hazony discusses why nationalism produces a politics of freedom, prosperity, and peace.

The Peronist Pope Francis: A Conversation with Daniel Mahoney

A discussion with Daniel J. Mahoney

Daniel Mahoney discusses Pope Francis's approach to the papacy and world politics.

Liberalism as Armed Doctrine: A Conversation with Philip Hamburger

A discussion with Philip Hamburger

Philip Hamburger joins us to discuss his new book Liberal Suppression

How Prosperity Is Improving the World of Work: A Conversation with John Tamny

A discussion with John Tamny

John Tamny on the positive evolution of work under economic growth.

On Being Educated

Lists of books form the core of a real education, and we lose something without them.
by James V. Schall, SJ
How Originalism Integrates Precedent, Part 2

A constitution that puts judge-made law first will be an increasingly unoriginalist constitution as precedent is piled on precedent.
by John O. McGinnis
Ideological Balance Is Essential to Sound Pedagogy in Legal Academia

Will the American Bar Association intervene to prevent the Left’s Kulturkampf in the nation’s law schools?
by Mark Pulliam
Objections to Impeachment, Part 3: Overturning the Result of An Election

To object that the use of impeachment power is “anti-democratic” is to miss the point: democracy yields to the Constitution, not the other way around.
by Michael Stokes Paulsen
Judicial Independence, Authoritarian Politics, and Blame Shifting

Ironically, sometimes too much power hinders one’s ability to achieve what one desires.
by James R. Rogers

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