Laurence Cooper (Carleton): What Liberalism Is Missing. Richard Epstein on the trouble with progressives (and more). From The New American, Wiliam Jasper on the grasp of Socialist International and on how the media jump to smear the Right with extremist label. John Derbyshire on the "Archie Bunkers" and the Meatheads of fashionable liberalism. From Intellectual Conservatism, Bill Wavering on the history of the Church of Secular/Progressivism (and part 2); and a review of How the Left Was Won: An In-Depth Analysis of the Tools and Methodologies Used by Liberals to Undermine Society and Disrupt the Social Order by Richard Mgrdechian. Jean Bethke Elshtain reviews The Democratic Virtues of the Christian Right by Jon Shields. From Freedom Daily, Jacob Hornberger on ten tenets of freedom (and part 2); James Bovard on how George W. Bush redefined American freedom; and articles on liberal delusions about freedom and democratic misrepresentations. David Boaz on how there's no such thing as a golden age of lost liberty. From Alternative Right, an article on the Myth of the Old Right. Despite the growing interest in Michael Oakeshott, “Rationalism in Politics” is not appreciated widely enough. Alan Johnson on conservatism as an adversary culture. Josh Marshall on the Right's phony fetish, the Constitution. The Right since Obama: Jennifer Burns on the return of market fundamentalism. Bring it on, Ayn Rand geeks: Why the emergence of the libertarian right is good news for progressives. The tea party crowd boasts would-be stars, but many thinking conservatives begin to worry: Who will lead them? Mark Schmitt on the high cost of conservative intellectual bankruptcy: David Frum's firing is bad news. More and more on Thomas Sowell’s Intellectuals and Society.
