Where Is Liberal Passion?

Summaries: New books by intellectuals who are going public with a re-examination of liberalism

The day after the presidential inauguration, a coalition of progressives carried a 70-foot replica of a human backbone to the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee in Washington. Their point was well taken. The self-appointed party of the American left could learn from the opposition: Be more upright, less spineless.

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