[LarryLied]

the simple faith of the peasant necessarily lacks much. . .

Ain't it the truth, ain't it the truth. Alan nails it again.

[LarryLied]

Alan's comments about peasants and theologians is right from Leo Strauss--Bill Kristol's hero. Keyes not only roomed with Kristol at Harvard, they both developed a similar political philosophy--the Straussian idea that an enlightened elite must guide the peasants.