[Registered]

...the Straussian idea that an enlightened elite must guide the peasants.

You're so full of crap on that one I feel like sending you a bulk pack of toilet paper.

[rdf]

Watch it now, you'll the thread pulled! General cease fire in force, and so on ...

Cheers,

Richard F.

[LarryLied]

You're so full of crap on that one I feel like sending you a bulk pack of toilet paper.

Harvard conservatives in the Keyes/Kristol era were big fans of Leo Strauss. Aside from the Straussian elitism anyone who listens to Keyes for five minutes is aware of, Keyes also displays a Straussian concept of the social utility of religion and patriotism. That is what his comments about this editorial cartoon are all about.