"Debating Liberal Education," Harvard Salient, Commencement 1987, 10.
Essays
Edmund Burke
"Edmund Burke," History of Political Philosophy, Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey, eds., 3rd ed., Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987.
Hobbes on Liberty and Executive Power
"Hobbes on Liberty and Executive Power," Lives, Liberties and the Public Good, G. Feaver and F. Rosen, eds., London, 1987, pp. 27-43.
The Constitution and Modern Social Science
"The Constitution and Modern Social Science," The Center Magazine, September 1986, pp. 42-53.
Affirmative Action Versus The Constitution
"Affirmative Action Versus The Constitution," A Melting Pot or a Nation of Minorities, W. Lawson Taitte, ed., University of Texas at Dallas, 1986, pp. 91-110.
The Forms of Liberty
"The Forms of Liberty," Democratic Capitalism? Essays in Search of a Concept, Fred E. Baumann, ed., Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia, 1986, pp. 1-21.
The Teflon Presidency
“The Teflon Presidency,” The New Federalist Papers, The Claremont Institute, 28 June 1985.
How Dangerous Is Machiavelli?
"How Dangerous Is Machiavelli?," review of Citizen Machiavelli, by Mark Hulliung, Review of Politics, vol. 47 (1985): 298-300.
Preface to The Government of Poland
Preface to The Government of Poland, by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, trans. Willmoore Kendall, Indianapolis: Hackett, 1985.
A Summer Seminar on the American Experiment
"A Summer Seminar on the American Experiment," with Delba Winthrop, This Constitution, no. 9 (1985): 34-37.