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Beyond the crisis of liberalism

From Cato Unbound, C. Bradley Thompson on Neoconservatism Unmasked. Is the world really a stage? Actor Wallace Shawn on why he calls himself a socialist. It is a queer fact, indeed, that none of the most outspoken and anti-authoritarian radicals in this country are under 65 years old. A review of The Conservative Foundations of the Liberal Order: Defending Democracy Against Its Modern Enemies and Immoderate Friends by Daniel J. Mahoney (and more and more). Beyond the crisis of liberalism: There is a groundswell of popular resistance to the forces of reaction, but the left must break out of its defensive posture. Michael Kleen on the enigma of American Fascism in the 1930s. Russell Jacoby reviews Envisioning Real Utopias by Erik Olin Wright (and a response). Making History: The right has been relentless in explaining American history through a conservative prism. Not Dead Yet: Lawrence Wittner on the state of the American Peace Movement. Michael Knox Beran on Lionel Trilling and the social imagination: The liberal hero rejected the left-liberal idea that we could engineer the human soul. A review of Libertarianism Today by Jacob H. Huebert. A review of The "S" Word: A Short History of An American Tradition... Socialism by John Nichols (and more). The New Frontier: A review essay on neoconservatism. From New Socialist, here is a letter to a new anti-capitalist. Michael Lind on how the neoliberal approach to governing ignores a crucial fact: Government is best when it is big. A review of The High Tide of American Conservatism by Garland Tucker. A review of Roberto Mangabeira Unger's The Left Alternative and Michael Berube's The Left at War. Libertarian Left: Sheldon Richman on free-market anti-capitalism, the unknown ideal. Is there anything more to say about the Rosenberg case? Staughton Lynd investigates. A review of The Conservative Turn: Lionel Trilling, Whittaker Chambers, and the Lessons of Anti-Communism by Michael Kimmage. Sam Webb on a party of socialism in the 21st century: What it looks like, what it says, and what it does (and a response).