I read his book “The Lucifer Principal” the week before 9/11. His chapter on Bin-Laden and Islamic radicals predicted 9\11 and when everyone on TV wondered who done it, it was clear in my mind. I heard about the book on coast-to-coast am, where he was often interviewed. A smart man. I don’t know about his politics.
Wrong Bloom......
I think Harold Bloom wrote The Flight to Lucifer, a sci-fi novel.
I think you are thinking of Howard Bloom, also a very accomplished man, with a great mind and wit...