PUBLIC INTELLECTUALS

I have the privilege (and pleasure) to interview many leading thinkers, writers, and leaders.  One was Jean Bethke Elshtain (1941-2013).  She wrote my favorite book on Augustine.  She was a highly regarded scholar with a clear moral compass.  Her insights always paid big dividends.

This essay which The Wilson Quarterly just published is one of the most significant I’ve read in a very long time:

public intellectuals

http://www.wilsonquarterly.com/essays/why-public-intellectuals

 

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