More Straussian Insanity

In his Washington Post column today Straussian neocon George Will praises a fellow Straussian neocon, “drug czar” John Walters. Like so many other Bush-ists, Walters is a card-carrying Straussian, “Having studied political philosophy at the University of Toronto with the late Alan Bloom.” (Bloom was the flamboyantly gay, dress-wearing, self-described “master” of the Straussian cult at Cornell when he taught there. He died of AIDS some years ago. A most unlikey “conservative” icon. But then again, the neocons are not real conservatives). Walters admits, says Will, that the federal government is essentially in the business of destroying businesses (unless they … Continue reading More Straussian Insanity