Editor’s Note: The following is an article originally published by the National Association of Scholars on July 25, 2025. It is crossposted here with permission. Marilyn Penn, wife of attorney, art collector, and eclectic investor Arthur Penn, passed away on July 20, at age 84. Marilyn was an important figure in the history of the National Association of Scholars […]
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Sol Stern passed away on July 11 at age 89. Sol was my good friend, and I mourn his loss. Long before I met Sol, I reviewed one of his books, Breaking Free: Public School Lessons and the Imperative of School Choice. Years later, when we chanced to meet one another, he remembered that review […]
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Editor’s Note: The following is an article originally published by the National Association of Scholars on April 30, 2025. It is crossposted here with permission. Much will be written in the coming days about David Horowitz, who passed away on April 29 at age 86. He will be rightly celebrated as a champion of truth-telling during a long […]
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There’s something central to every political community about death. As a result, you must deal with death if you’re going to lead. At the extreme, you have to order other people to shed their blood—and perhaps the blood of still others—for the city or country’s sake. Such was the perspective that Pericles brought to the […]
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