In Bloom

The following is quoted from David H. Miller's Amazon review of Leo Strauss and the Politics of American Empire by Anne Norton. I just thought it was... well, interesting.

Bloom's Closing of the American Mind became an instant manifesto for conservative, traditional values when it was published in 1987. And, yet, Norton explains:

"The defender of youthful innocence, family values, and traditional morality was a homosexual - and not just any homosexual, either. If Bloom's students were to be trusted, Bloom's antics gave new meaning to the term 'transgression.' The rumors of houseboys in sexual servitude, the evident flirtations with students, Bloom's flamboyantly queenly manner made 'The Closing of the American Mind' read as high hypocrisy..." Norton adds that all this was "readily acknowledged" (though not in print) by Bloom's "colleagues, friends, and students."

Apologies to Nirvana for my title slug. Sell the kids for food...

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