Responding to my eulogy of Harry Jaffa (“Harry Jaffa redefined political philosophy,” Jan. 22), Sarah Albers discovered pagan worship in her midst (“Jaffa is no deity,” Jan. 29). I am just glad I wasn’t accused of breaking the Second Commandment (“Thou shalt have no other gods before me”)! But all joking aside, Albers’ first instinct...
Harry V. Jaffa, perhaps the greatest political philosopher of the 20th century next to Leo Strauss, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 10. Jaffa, Professor Emeritus at Claremont McKenna and Claremont Graduate Schools, deeply studied not only classical political philosophy but also American political thought, Shakespeare, and the statesmanship of Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill. Through...