Contents
Who Is Leo Strauss?
Leo Strauss, Willmoore Kendall,
and the Meaning of Conservatism, 5
Grant Havers
Strauss and the Straussians, 26
Paul Gottfried
Leo Strauss and History:
The Philosopher as Conspirator, 31
Claes G. Ryn
The Unraveling of American Constitutionalism:
From Customary Law to Permanent Innovation, 59
Joseph Baldacchino
In the Clearing: Continuity
and Unity in Frost’s Dualism, 86
Peter J. Stanlis
Sentimental Hogwash?
On Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life, 115
Daniel J. Sullivan
Classical Precariousness vs. Modern Risk:
Lessons in Prudence from the Battle of Salamis, 141
Ernest Sternberg
I Met a Gentle Maid Named Democracy, 164
A poem by Nishi Chawla
Herder: On the Ethics of Nationalism, 166
Richard White
Have We Lost Humility? 182
Kari Konkola