This is the story of a man, an intellectual, born after World War I, who spent studying his university years in New York and became acquainted and studied under German Jewish émigré who fled the Nazi regime in Germany, later becoming mentor and protégé.
There s an old joke that French libraries filed their nation s constitutions under Periodicals. I also recall Walter Berns once telling me the story of a visit he took to South America it was either Argentina or Chile, I don t recall which country he specified where one of his academic hosts dismissed the American Constitution with the comment, You ve only had one constitution, while we ve had lots of them. This all came back
Steve Hayward had his mojo working for his appearance on C-SPAN 2 s In Depth series yesterday. C-SPAN s John McArdle interviewed Steve in a well-produced two-hour show reviewing Steve s career and the books he has written including, most recently, M. Stanton Evans: Conservative Wit, Apostle of Freedom and Patriotism Is Not Enough: Harry Jaffa, Walter Berns, and the Arguments That Redefined American Conservatism. McArdle was well prepared with good questions. The
Thank you for inviting me to deliver the Joseph Story Lecture. Delivering this lecture represents a singular honor for many reasons: It is named after Story, one of our greatest justices and constitutional scholars; the late Judge Robert Bork delivered the inaugural lecture; and my Circuit Justice and friend, Clarence Thomas, delivered the lecture five years ago. Above all, the honor comes with its association with last year’s lecturer, Ed Meese, for whom the Center that sponsors this lecture is named.