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Sep 6, 2024 | 
wsj.com | Harvey Mansfield
WSJ Opinion: Trump and Vance on the Counter-AttackYour browser does not support HTML5 video. 0:00Paused0:00 / 6:15WSJ Opinion: Trump and Vance on the Counter-AttackPlay video: WSJ Opinion: Trump and Vance on the Counter-AttackThe Supreme Court case of Trump v. U.S. was about more than special counsel Jack Smith’s prosecution of Donald Trump, which continues under a superseding indictment handed up by a federal grand jury in Washington.
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
claremontreviewofbooks.com | Harvey Mansfield |Charles Kesler |Michael Barone |David Azerrad
CRB editor Charles R. Kesler recently sat down with Harvey C. Mansfield at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In a wide-ranging conversation, the distinguished Harvard professor of government, who retired from teaching last year at age 91, discussed his life, Harvard’s woes, Leo Strauss, Niccolò Machiavelli, the two greatest books on American politics, and more.
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Jul 15, 2024 | 
deseret.com | Harvey Mansfield
Student activists have been out in force this year to protest at American universities. They are called activists because they are dissatisfied with the normal activity of our country's intellectual centers of research and education. Just as judicial activism means going beyond normal judging, so student activism means greater than normal interest in politics. "Normal" in our country is exercising one's individual rights within the law.
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Jun 27, 2024 | 
tandfonline.com | Harvey Mansfield
Advanced search Perspectives on Political Science Volume 53, 2024 - Issue 3 Submit an article Journal homepage Full Article Figures & data Citations Metrics Reprints & Permissions Read this article /doi/full/10.1080/10457097.2024.2356478?needAccess=true Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Disclosure Statement No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author. Log in via your institution Access through your institution Log in to Taylor & Francis Online Log in...
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May 16, 2024 | 
claremontreviewofbooks.com | Joseph Postell |Harvey Mansfield |Christopher Flannery |Martha Bayles
It is news to no one that Congress needs to be rehabilitated. It is mired in persistent, historically low approval ratings. The most significant policy changes today are made by the executive and judicial branches rather than by our elected representatives. Discontent in the House of Representatives finally boiled over in January 2023 when the chamber cast 15 votes before selecting Representative Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as its speaker.
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May 15, 2024 | 
informahealthcare.com | Harvey Mansfield |Cambridge Press
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May 14, 2024 | 
claremontreviewofbooks.com | John Yoo |Harvey Mansfield |Mark Helprin |Martha Bayles
Justice Clarence Thomas has suffered more than his share of the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. Opponents marred his confirmation hearings with Anita Hill’s accusation that he had sexually harassed her years before when he had been her boss at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. That didn’t work, and Thomas took his seat on the Supreme Court in October 1991. Liberal critics next tried to ignore Thomas.
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May 6, 2024 | 
cambridge.org | Harvey Mansfield
Machiavelli is said to be a Renaissance thinker, yet in a notable phrase he invented, 'the effectual truth,' he attacked the high-sounding humanism typical of the Renaissance, while mounting a conspiracy against the classical and Christian values of his time. In Machiavelli's Effectual Truth this overlooked phrase is studied and explained for the first time. The upshot of 'effectual truth' for any individual is to not depend on anyone or anything outside yourself to keep you free and secure.
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Apr 26, 2024 | 
tandfonline.com | Harvey Mansfield |Cambridge Press |Titus Techera
The American university system includes a chaotic grouping of disciplines called social sciences, which provide the ruling element for the university itself. There is no strong agreement as to which studies are included or how they are arranged, nor as to what their purpose is. There can be none, since there is no ground for agreement in an understanding of what constitutes science or community.
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Mar 20, 2024 | 
heritage.org | Harvey Mansfield
Constitutional conservatism is a blend of populism and elitism:a good thing made of two dubious ingredients. To explain what thatis, in brief compass, I will begin from the dilemma ofconservatism, move to the task of conservatism, which I believe tobe defending liberalism in the wide sense of the word, and lastcome to the form of conservatism in the American Constitution. Itsfuture will be like its past, except for unpredictable changes. The Dilemma of ConservatismWhat is conservatism?
