Eidelberg vs. Burke?

(Revised 03/08)

In response to what he sees as the self-destructive incoherence of Israeli political leadership, Paul Eidelberg has proposed the establishment of an independent presidency . . . .

It appears that in terms of Mansfield's interpretation of Burke, Presidential government is an attempt to institutionalize rule on the pattern of the great statesman, without regard for whether such a statesman actually exists . . . . CONTINUE