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Harry Jaffa

2 articles 1997–2000

Harry V. Jaffa was a distinguished political philosopher and professor at Claremont McKenna College, known for his influential scholarship on Abraham Lincoln and the American founding. A student of Leo Strauss, he was a towering figure in conservative intellectual circles. He contributed to The Weekly Standard on constitutional issues and political theory, including the California Civil Rights Initiative debate.

In Defense of Special Interests

January 31, 2000 · Harry V. Jaffa, Magazine

IN THE PRESENT political silly season, no subject has generated more heat and less light than that of campaign financing. John McCain has practically made it the center of his drive for the presidency, and Al Gore and Bill Bradley have been close behind. The only public official who has…