Leo Strauss

The Palin Problem (It's Not What You Think...)

Erica Payne | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andrew Breitbart, Dick Armey, Tea Party, Koch Brothers, Conservative Political Action Committee Conference, Not a Witch, Freedom Works, Ann Coulter, Agenda Project, Rick Santorum, Conservatism, Jim Demint, Russell Kirk, Sarah Palin, Christine D'Donnell, American Politics, Erica Payne, Richard Hofstadter, Climate Science, Corporate-Ocracy, Anti-Intellectualism, Irving Kristol, William F. Buckley, Gabrielle Giffords, Glenn Beck, Leo Strauss, Conservative Ideology, Vitriol, Anti-Intellectualism in American Life, Rhetoric, Politics News
Erica Payne

The real crisis in American politics isn't about one tragic shooting, its about a cultural phenomenon -- the celebration of stupidity -- that has taken over this country.

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Jews And The Need For God: Modern Lessons From Moses Maimonides

Joshua Stanton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Prophecy, Leo Strauss, Guide of the Perplexed, Creation, Moses Maimonides, Atheism, Judaism, Maimonides and Faith, Judaism and Faith, Rambam and God, Maimonides and God, Religion News
Joshua Stanton

Today, faith is more of a choice than ever before, and atheism is becoming a more socially acceptable alternative to belief. Judaism, especially as an action-based religion, need not feel challenged.

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Samuel J. Wurzelbacher, Joe the Plumber: Fighting for the American Dream (Austin, Texas: PearlGate Publishing 2008) 192 pp.

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Joe the Plumber, Milton Friedman, Ann Coulter, Dick Morris, Michael Gallagher, George W. Bush, Conservatism, Wurzelbacher, Conservative, Jude Wanniski, David Brooks, Margaret Thatcher, Alan Bloom, Leo Strauss, The Huffington Post, Republican Party, Lord Acton, Plumber, MIchael Barone, Norman Podhoretz, William F. Buckley Jr., President Barack Obama, Stephen Moore, Wurzelbacharian Historicism, F.A. Hayek, Book Review, Sean Hannity, "Joe the Plumber: Fighting for the American Dream" Samuel J. Wurzelbacher, Conservatives, Bill O'Reilly, Arthur Laffer, PearlGate Publishing, The Daily Kos, Plumbing, Wurzelbacherism, Comedy News
Joseph A. Palermo

Wurzelbacher's deep understanding of the intellectual umbilical cords of modern conservatism is why Mike Gallagher and Sean Hannity have offered their high praise of his work.

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Bruce Bartlett, David Frum, and the Closing of the Conservative Mind

Michael J.W. Stickings | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Conservatives, Bruce Bartlett, Allan Bloom, David Frum, Conservatism, Leo Strauss, Lindsey Graham, Republican Party, Republicans, Straussians, Politics News
Michael J.W. Stickings

The American mind may very well still be closing, in a cultural way, but the conservative mind seems to have been shut down altogether.

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Odd News

Jeff Dorchen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago Theater, Chicago, Neocons, Neoconservatives, Theater, Neo-Conservatives, Leo Strauss, Neil Simon, Machiavelli, Republicans, Literature, New School, This Is Hell, University of Chicago, Theater Oobleck, Theater-Oobleck, Education, Jewish, Drama, Entertainment News
Jeff Dorchen

Odd News and a new play: watch the preparatory video for Strauss at Midnight by Jeff Dorchen.

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Why Mortimer Zuckerman Has No Credibility On Iran

Kamran Pasha | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Yasser Arafat, Islam, Mort Zuckerman, Prophet Mohammed, Neoconservatives, US News & World Report, Iran, Leo Strauss, Media, Israel, World News
Kamran Pasha

I have to thank Mortimer Zuckerman. It was because of him that I became one of the first successful Muslims in Hollywood. But before I explain that ...

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