3. Jaffa wrote on of the very best books in the Straussian tradition outside of Strauss himself: Crisis of the House Divided.
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4. In Crisis of the House Divided, Jaffa vindicated the political wisdom of Abraham Lincoln in way that even non-Straussians can appreciate
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5. Jaffa is also famous for authoring Goldwater's notorious "extremism in defense of liberty is no vice" line.
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6. Jaffa was a great scholar who descended into wackiness & homophobia. Not surprising his last student was
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7. Like rap musicians, Straussians are divided into fiercely hostile East Coast and West Coast camps.
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8. Jaffa was the captain of the West Coast Straussians, the more dim-witted ones who took Strauss's edifying rhetoric literally.
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9. As head of West Coast Straussian posse, Jaffa nurtured long, vindictive grudges. He & Berns hadn't spoken for decades.
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10. My memory might be faulty on this but I think Jaffa never forgave Berns for divorcing his wife.
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11. Jaffa thought marriage should be forever, although could be spiced up with bike rides with nubile male students on the side.
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12. Although Berns was a shade more politically mainstream, his hostility to free speech as alarming as Jaffa's homophobia.
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13. Anyways, back to work. More on Berns & Jaffa in the next few days.
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