Death of Harry Jaffa

[LincolnMan]

Lincoln scholar Jadffa has passed away.

[RJNorton]

Bill, thank you for posting the sad news. I just read the Wikipedia article on him and learned many things I did not know including the fact that he was a speechwriter for Barry Goldwater in 1964.

[STS Lincolnite]

Thanks for posting Bill. I had heard Jaffa's name related to Lincoln scholarship/study but knew next to nothing about him. Like Roger I read the Wikipedia page on him. Quite interesting.

[LincolnMan]

I really liked that he debated with Thomas DiLorenzo. I was hoping that some of the members of the Forum are familiar with his writings.

[LincolnToddFan]

Bill, my knowledge of Jaffa and his writings is very superficial, but that will likely change in the coming months. He sounds like he was a very interesting man, not to mention brilliant.

And just 3 years short of reaching his 100th birthday...

[Thomas Lapsley]

In Memory of Harry V. Jaffa (October 7, 1918-January 10, 2015) Lincoln scholar and author of "Crisis of the House Divided: An Interpretation of the Issues in the Lincoln-Douglas Debates" (1959), and "A New Birth of Freedom: Abraham Lincoln and the Coming of the Civil War" (2000).