September 7, 2007
The Liberal Moment
Partisans of the left are prone to extended bouts of doubt, introspection, and self-criticism that are nonetheless rooted in a view that the ultimate triumph of their cause is inevitable, that history is on their side.
Consider these thoughtful warnings from an important author on the left: "First of all," he wrote, "the next left cannot assume that there is a spontaneous, homogeneous majority that need only become conscious of itself in order to play a central political role in
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