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Death of Harry Jaffa - LincolnMan - 01-12-2015 08:39 AM
Lincoln scholar Jadffa has passed away.
RE: Death of Harry Jaffa - RJNorton - 01-12-2015 06:02 PM
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.
RE: Death of Harry Jaffa - STS Lincolnite - 01-12-2015 06:56 PM
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.
RE: Death of Harry Jaffa - LincolnMan - 01-12-2015 10:03 PM
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.
RE: Death of Harry Jaffa - LincolnToddFan - 01-13-2015 01:01 AM
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...
Harry V. Jaffa - Thomas Lapsley - 01-17-2015 01:29 AM
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).