Nicholas Tampio

"A Place Dedicated to Openness of Mind": Why Academic Freedom Protects "Distasteful" Extramural Speech

Abstract: This article explains why academic freedom protects "distasteful" extramural speech, including social media posts outside of a scholar's area of expertise. Initially, I explain why using the First Amendment to protect academic freedom jeopardizes the latter. Next, I des...

“M. and the USA”: The Political Teaching of Leo Strauss’s Thoughts on Machiavelli

Abstract Scholars have read Leo Strauss’s Thoughts on Machiavelli (1958) as a theological-political treatise that offers timeless truths about politics. This article argues that it also aimed to convince American conservatives to embrace a muscular foreign policy. Strauss’s corre...