1. I'm in the midst of finishing a very long piece, so will only have a few brief words about the passing of Harry Jaffa & Walter Berns.
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2. Jaffa & Berns dying within a day of each other is like the deaths of Jefferson & Adams, except with loopy Straussians.
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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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@HeerJeet So does this mean@BillKristol = Puff Daddy?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@markyzaguirre @BillKristol Kind of an insult to Puff Daddy, but could work.
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