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The article looks at the attitude of radical Republican youth in the U.S. in 2021. The New Rightists believe that a substantive concept of the good can be placed at the gap left by classical liberalism. Also noted is the tendency of several young Republicans to disdain the Republican Party more compared with their contempt against the liberal left. It explains the role of the pervasive sense of the progressive control of power in the pessimistic attitude of young conservatives.

The article suggests liberals and socialists in the U.S., who share a common inheritance, to work together to defeat President Donald Trump, as liberals need the energy and ideas of socialism while the left needs the access to power Democrats in a two-party system.

The article focuses on a Liberal fantasy represented by the desire to oust U.S. President Donald Trump and avert his presidency, returning to the comforts of a post-Trump world. It discusses the scenario if Trump finds out that he has been rejected by the nation in favor of jobs-destroying or terrorist-loving, candidate nominated by the Democrats.

The article discusses U.S. liberals' decision to increase firearm and gun ownership, within the context of threats of violence from far-right extremists and militias. An overview of liberal firearms groups, including the John Brown Gun Clubs (JBGCs), is provided.

The author argues that considerations of art as a value in and of itself are declining, particularly amongst liberals, who have historically celebrated art for art's sake. He argues that art has become intertwined with political and social considerations, and he discusses the relationship between reason and art in liberals' thinking. Special attention is paid to morally questionable political and social views of respected artists and writers.

The article discusses support for the candidacy of politician Hillary Clinton in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, focusing on examination of broad popularity among liberal voters. Topics include comparison to voter attitudes during the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign, Clinton's experience as U.S. Secretary of State under U.S. President Barack Obama, and the impact of income inequality on the U.S. political landscape as of 2014.

The article presents the author's reflections on the evolution of left-wing politics in Europe, with a focus on Italian leftist Adriano Sofri, with whom the author sat on a discussion panel shortly after Sofri's release from prison. Sofri had been implicated in the 1970s murder of an Italian police chief tied to the death of a left-wing anarchist.

The article discusses the perceived schism forming between traditional conservative republicans and libertarians as illustrated by the 2006 mid-term elections in which democrats won U.S. congressional seats in areas typically under republican control. The author questions whether this signals a new alliance between libertarians and liberals.

This article highlights the Yearly Kos blogger convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2006. The author portrays the bloggers as a liberal interest group, with its own agendas. Blogger Armando Llorens-Sar is also discussed in light of his identity being revealed as a corporate lawyer who has represented companies such as Wal-Mart.

Comments on politics and government in the U.S. as of July 11, 2005. Influence of political ideology on U.S. politics; Competition between Conservatives and Liberals for relevant and applicable political theory; View of some Democrats that a lack of new ideas keeps the party from increasing its political influence; Arguments against the importance of new ideas to political influence in the U.S.; View that Liberal ideas will not be applied while Republicans maintain dominance in U.S. politics; Difference between political ideologies and policy suggestions; Critique of the application of Conservative theory in President George W. Bush's policies, including his justification for the Iraq War and the privatization of Social Security; Influence of competition between Liberal and Conservative ideas on the outcome of elections and voter participation in the U.S.

Profiles Democratic Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen. Details of Bredesen's political and social views; Impact of Bredesen's policies on economic and social conditions in Tennessee; View that Bredesen presents a model for successful Democratic leadership in the South; Significance of liberalism to Tennessee's politics; Projections of Bredesen's potential role in national politics.

The author reports on the efforts several groups to create a nationally distributed liberal talk radio show that can compete with Rush Limbaugh's conservative program. Broadcast by WJNO, an AM news and talk radio station in West Palm Beach, "The Randi Rhodes Show" is the highest-rated program in the local market's afternoon drive-time slot. In the past year, two groups have formed to develop national liberal talk shows--and both are interested in Rhodes. One, a nonprofit outfit called Democracy Radio, wants to syndicate Rhodes's show across the country. The other, a for-profit venture called Progress Media, is creating a national liberal talk radio network and is considering Rhodes for its lineup. Randi Rhodes would seem to give lie to the hoary notion that liberals are constitutionally incapable of succeeding in the rough-and-tumble medium of talk radio, that they are, as more than one talk radio host has proclaimed, "mealy-mouthed wimps." But according to one recent study of the 45 top-rated am talk radio stations in the United States, conservative talk accounts for 310 hours of airtime each week; liberal talk just five hours. Of all the explanations offered for the conservative dominance of talk radio, the most persuasive can be summed up in two words: Rush Limbaugh. The success of Limbaugh's show has spawned legions of imitators. The Limbaugh theory, then, gives the boosters of liberal talk radio hope. If it's true, it means that conservatives have succeeded not because of their politics, but because they have a functioning model for how to present their views in an entertaining fashion. Liberal talk radio boosters are right that talk radio is not inherently conservative. But it is inherently anti-establishment. The genre called "urban talk" has proved the one area of talk radio in which liberal hosts have tended to succeed.

Presents an article about the reasons liberals should support the proposal by U.S. President George W. Bush for a military action against Iraq in 2002. Opposition of liberals to the stance of Bush on Iraq; List of foreign policy values shared by liberals and conservatives; Justifications for the planned military intervention in Iraq; Evidence of the irrationality of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

Offers observations on the inherent contradictions in conservative media criticism by liberals in the United States. Views of conservatives that television, broadcast and print media share a liberal slant; Media coverage of the book "Bias," by Bernard Goldberg, which posits the liberal slant; Claims made by Goldberg to have had a conversation with CBS News president Andrew Heyward in which the latter confessed of liberal bias in the news; Comparison made by "National Review's Jonah Goldberg of former Governor George W. Bush's execution of a murderer, which received widespread media attention, with a similar execution by former U.S. President Bill Clinton, which received far less coverage.

Supports the administrational plan of U.S. President George W. Bush to build a missile defense system. Use of a missile defense for offense, rather than defense; Criticism by liberals and isolationists on U.S. plans to build a missile defense; Discussion of missile-defense doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction; Standards adopted by opponents of missile defense.

Focuses on the emergence of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and a spate of pro-Israel political action committees (PACs) as the dominant forms of Jewish political activity. Information that Jewish liberal candidates are at a disadvantage in demonstrating sufficient loyalty to Israel; Republican incumbents of this year who are unacceptable to the pro-Israel community; Claim that Israel PACs support the pro-Israel incumbents.

Focuses on New York State Governor Mario Cuomo. Claim of Cuomo that he is a progressive reformist; View that Cuomo is not now, and never has been, a liberal; Reasons why Cuomo and his strategists did nothing to discourage press stories that described him as the most attractive and well-spoken liberal in the U.S.; Information on the state budget unveiled by Cuomo; Information on some of the speeches delivered by Cuomo.

Describes the Waco Branch Davidian disaster and siege in Texas and its political implications with regards to a liberal doctrine in the United States. Liberal imagination with a mixture of managerialism and emotionalism; Failure to engage the Branch Davidians in terms of a liberal order; Characterized by an irreconcilability of meanings; Federal authorities' perception of cult members as criminals; Davidians' treatment of authorities as forces of Satan; Leader David Koresh as disgrace to the tradition of eschatological activism.

Focuses on the dilemma faced by liberal government in New York City. Condition of the city in terms of interconnected and reinforcing crises; Description of various crises faced in terms of government, economy and social organization; Separation between New York and Washington; Emphasis on welfare reform; Need of more national standards in the country.

Focuses on the political and social crisis in Poland, with special reference to Communism. Problem of food shortages and riots in the country; Role of Communist government in the crisis; Political vulnerability of the liberals in the Communist leadership; Handling of the Polish crisis by Edward Gierek, the first secretary of the Polish Communist party; Tendency of Poles to blame the regime as a whole for inadequate farm production.

Defends Senator Robert Kennedy from liberals who criticize the senator's decision to run for the United States presidency. Primary reason behind liberals' criticism of Kennedy's decision; Career history of Kennedy; Discrepancy between the political sector's perception of Kennedy and the real character of the senator; Strengths of Kennedy that will make him an effective president; Most difficult tasks that will be faced by the country's president and why Kennedy is the best man to meet the challenges; Kennedy's recommended solution to the problem of poverty; Ways by which Kennedy's intensity of concern can be used to achieve national reconciliation; Kennedy's stand on the issue of nuclear power proliferation.

The article presents political news briefs for the week of June 1, 1963. The author offers a critique of the administration of United States president John F. Kennedy, focusing on political liberals who criticize the president. The author reports on the activities of the National Education Association's involvement with a teacher's strike in Little Lake, California.

This article discusses Richard Crossman's argument on American liberty and liberals. Mr. Richard Crossman, a recent traveler in the U.S. who has returned to inform the British readers of the "New Statesman" and "Nation" that freedom has vanished in America and the liberals are dead. Mr. Crossman's observations seem so superficial, and his conclusions so unsound, that it would be a disservice to permit them to intrude upon this celebration were it not that the half truths he voices serve to introduce legitimate doubts and questions worth asking whether or not the present national mood is illiberal is hardly debatable. But it points toward the significant question of whether the mood is permanent or subject to change.

Examines the impact of progressivism in the politics of Great Britain and the U.S. Setback received by Liberals and Labor in Britain and the Democrats and Progressives in the U.S. in recent elections; Argument that unless progressives in both countries understand the reason for their voting inferiority and search for the processes and motives whereby public opinion is formed, they will remain at a disadvantage; Failure of the British Labor party and of the U.S. Progressives to allow questions of political and economic power to become the subject of partisan controversy; Role of the growth of Labor party in Britain and farmer-labor party in the U.S., in changing the form of political conflicts to the struggle of economic groups.

Presents information on various political developments in several countries. Permission given to Mexican President Alvaro Obregon by the U.S. to buy U.S. ammunition, rifles and light artillery for use in putting down the rebellion started by Adolfo de la Huerta; Possibility of the rebels to succeed in overthrowing Obregon; Expectation in Great Britain for a new election to take place; Opposition of the British Liberals to the election; Problems faced by the British Labor government over the issue of relations with the other members of the British Commonwealth of Nations; Notice served by the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini to France stating that he will not countenance the permanent occupation of the Ruhr; Assessment of the economic conditions in France; Hesitation shown by U.S. President Calvin Coolidge in recommending the U.S. adhesion to the World Court.

Presents letters to the editor referencing articles and topics discussed in previous issues. Contention that the forces seeking to outlaw war by declaring it a crime, by depriving national legislatures of the power of appropriating funds for military and naval force, and, finally, by calling upon the peoples of the world to resist war have aims common to those supporting the cynical Covenant of Nations, whose sole purpose is to uphold the strong against the weak; Reference to the article "Professor McDougall Returns to Religion" which explains human conduct in terms of mechanism; Information on the library of the Louisiana State University; Account of deteriorating conditions of the Chinese government; Focus on the All-Russian Central Executive Committees of Workmen's and Peasant's Deputies address to Soviet authorities; Stand taken by French in the Ruhr district; Statement that the self-styled liberal is the least liberal and open-minded of all men; Comments on the execution "The Efficiency and Economy Policy"; Suggestions for formation of a third party in the U.S.

Discusses the relation between liberalism and war. Opinion that the existing eclipse of liberalism is due, not to the war itself or to any essential defect of liberal doctrine and practice as clues to human liberation, but to the unnecessary endorsement of the war by liberals; Information that in the Crimean and the Boer Wars, groups of British liberals increased their own credit and did a little to vindicate liberalism; Comment that when the Great War came it revealed with awful emphasis and finality the lack of integrity in the authoritative moral standards of modern civilization; Effect of the American economic power upon the issue of the war.

Discusses the lessons of the 1948 campaign of the U.S. Congress. Methods to break the stranglehold of the conservative farm groups on the rank-and-file farmer; Role of American Federation of Labor in the field of political action; Evaluation of the work of Labor's League for political education; Discussion on labor coalition; Need for backing up liberal demands with effective research; View that liberal political-action groups should turn their attention to state and municipal politics; Nomination of liberal congressmen by local organizations; Relation between liberals and the Democratic organization.

Offers observations regarding the meeting of the author with liberal John Auchmuty. Events that led to the call by the committee that the author represented for a debate with Auchmuty with a guarantee of large and enthusiastic crowds; Detail of events that led Auchmuty leave the debate; Confession of unfair attitude of the audience by the author during his first meeting with Auchmuty; Comment of Auchmuty on the revelation that the event was a business strategy by the committee the author was associated with; Reaction of Auchmuty when the author decided to leave the committee both he Aucthmuty were associated with.

Focuses on recent political developments in the world. Purpose behind Italian dictator Benito Mussolini's reversal of his peaceful gesture by sending more troops into Libya; Views of French politicians on the necessity for devaluing the franc; Details about the speech of German dictator Adolf Hitler, given at the opening of the Nazi Winter Propaganda campaign; Statistics related to government spending in the U.S.; Reference to the refusal of various public-utility holding companies in the U.S. to register themselves; Reason behind the declaration of autonomy for only a limited area in North China; Explanation given by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt for defending himself against the charge that he had wrecked the country by increasing the national debt; Increase in the strength of the People's Front in France; Appreciation of Mussolini by U.S. Brigadier-General Charles H. Sherrill; Comments on Roosevelt's attitude toward liberals; Information about a debate in New York on whether the American worker should opt for socialism or communism; Debunking of current practices in the sale of gasoline in the U.S.

Focuses on the writings of the American liberals in the days just before the depression. Discussion of an article in which the author recommends as much planning as is necessary, winds up with a vision of the future even giddier than that at the end of his history; Avoidance of the subject of socialism and communism by the authors, or their misrepresentation, when they do touch on it, of what is going on in Russia; Comments on the book "The Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens."

Focuses on the position of the contemporary progressive in the political climate in the U.S. Need for radicals and progressives to banish communism in the country; Importance of an opposition to communists; Effect of extreme illiberalism on the stand of liberals.

The article offers news briefs concerning issues related to United States and world politics. The article asserts that there are less liberal voices in the U.S. press and radio. The article also discusses how several Republicans have begun to make prepreparations to run for party's presidential nomination in 1948.

Presents views of several U.S. politicians on the current state of liberalism. Statement of Senator Claude Pepper that liberalism is progressing in the long-time battle for the public mind; Views of Senators on questions concerning the Administration of U.S. President Harry S. Truman and liberalism; Discussion of House Representative Charles M. La Follette on Administration's relations with the Congress; Comparison of the administration of Truman and that of former President Franklin D. Roosevelt; Lack of an effective political program possessed by liberals; Comments of Senator Chester Bowles that liberalism becomes subordinate to group interest; Emphasis on the economic security and individual freedom of liberals.

Focuses on the challenges the progressives would face in the U.S. Reelection of Franklin D. Roosevelt as the President of the U.S.; Need for progressives to realize that they will no longer have the electoral magic of President Roosevelt; Need for the progressives to find the intelligence to analyze the social forces at work; Importance of organizational techniques and methods.

Presents information on member of the American Legion, Westbrook Pegler and other reactionaries that declare hostility and contempt against all the colored races and the people of the Soviet Union. Differences between reactionaries and liberals; Professional background of Pegler; Information that Pegler had got his first big money as a syndicated sports columnist for "The Tribune"; Role of Pegler in exposing labor racketeers involved in illegal practices; Statement that if Pegler got his journalistic education as a labor reporter instead of a sports writer, he would know that the U.S. owes her public-school system to the labor movement; Promotion of the socialist movements in the U.S.; Views of Pegler on the Communist movements which organized campaigns to influence college students and young professionals; Approach of economist Thorstein Veblen that "business," is incompatible with industry, in agreement with the mind of Pegler.

Discusses the prospects of liberalism in the world of today. Annihilation of liberalism as an organized political force accompanied by its increased vitality as a political and social idea; Adoption of such policies by several European countries--representing the conservative classes in the community--which would before the First World War have been considered explicitly liberal; Chances that nations such as Germany, France, Great Britain and the United States are coming to be liberal (as well as conservative) by nature.

The article discusses the discourse surrounding U.S. government policy proposals on economic redistribution of wealth to address inequality, referred to as class reductionism, between the U.S. Democracy Party's left-wing identitarians, progressives and centrist liberals. An overview of debates about policies addressing disparities in race and gender is provided.

The article discusses how corporations and billionaires supported U.S. President Barack Obama during his election campaign. The author discusses how liberal billionaires donated money to Obama's campaign despite his efforts to raise taxes for the upper class and to enact health care and finance reforms. He suggests that rich, educated liberals who gained success through the growth of the knowledge economy, such as Steve Jobs, David Geffen and Eric Schmidt, have supported Democrats like Obama due to their support for federal spending on issues such as education, health care and research.

The article discusses the reaction of U.S. President George W. Bush and liberals in the U.S. to the Russian invasion of Georgia in 2008. This invasion is compared to the military invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1956 by Soviet Union armies. The author points out that after the attack on Georgia, liberals were more reserved and did not directly blame Russia. U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama blamed both the Russians and the Georgians for the attacks.

The article reports on U.S. Supreme Court chief justice John Roberts' first term on the Court, and how most cases brought before the Court were contested with only 38% unanimous, and 33% decided 5-4. In addition to the closeness of the decisions, there were several personal attacks amongst the judges, resulting in acrimonious debates. Still, judicial expert Orin Kerr states that Roberts has promoted unanimity by being the moderating factors between four liberal and four conservative judges.

Focuses on a series of socio-political issues in the U.S. Information on the discontinuation of a regular column of the journal; Response of Republicans to the perjury conviction of former White House aide Michael Deaver; Implications of Deaver's case for public officials; Exploitation of the AIDS epidemic by the liberals and the conservatives for political ends.

Discusses the roots of the present crisis of United States liberalism. Versions of the crisis of liberalism; Declaration of a distinctive sort of crisis when liberals are confident about the wisdom and urgency of their counsel; Crisis that happens when a different brand of politics seizes the momentum; Crisis caused by sporadic risings from anti-intellectual red scare; Consequences of having avoided the ethnic fragmentation of American society; Doctrine of rights as a liberal innovation; Search for sentiments.

Presents information on the values of patriotism in reference to the misuse of the American flag. Information that the flag symbolizes the unity, federal and spiritual, but in those years it became the banner of the divisions; View that the hangover from the liberals' alienation from the rituals and regalia of patriotism is unfortunate and unnecessary; Statement that the U.S. patriotism is a patriotism not of blood and soil but of values, and those values are liberal and humane; Discussion of the patriotism followed in various other countries of the world; Reference to the article "Science ex machina," by Charles Krauthammer that was published in June 6 issue; Adoption of a national incomes policy that would tie wage increases to increases in productivity.

Presents information on Republican Barney Frank. Statement that since his student days he has worked unflaggingly to make government an enemy of inequality and deprivation in society; Report that his belief in the processes of government did not waver when his peers were turning to radicalism; Discussion of the social programs and civil rights supported by Frank in Massachusetts; Fact that Frank fought for civil service reform, and was the scourge of the chronically deficit-ridden Metropolitan Boston Transit Authority; Information on Frank's personality that is an amalgam of Bayonne and Harvard, where he had a distinguished and lengthy career, both undergraduate and graduate.

Discusses the concern expressed by the liberals and conservatives in the U.S. regarding the absence of values in society. Reference to the desire of the conservatives to return to old values; Discussion of the sensitivity of the conservatives to change; Information on the debacle of the liberals in the 1980 elections; Need for the liberals to rethink their most fundamental positions to emerge successful politically.

Presents letters to the editor to comment on articles in previous issues. Quotation from Senator Strom Thurmond in the "Reminders" column in the November 29, 1980 issue regarding Martin Luther King; "The New Brinksmanship," by Tad Szulc in the November 8, 1980 issue; Factors in recent liberal losses in the House and Senate, as mentioned in the November 15, 1980 issue; Michael Barone's "From the Trenches" column in the November 22, 1980 issue; Joseph Nocera's article "Pierre and the Swan" in the November 29, 1980 issue regarding Pierre Salinger's career.

The article focuses on issues concerning the defeat of U.S. President Jimmy Carter in the recent presidential elections in the United States. It is viewed that though the defeat of Carter has led to a defeat of liberals but it is not an elimination of the liberal idea itself. Voters voted for presidential candidate Ronald Reagan, because they knew from experience that Carter had no consistent belief at all about how to maintain an American perspective in the ongoing defense of free societies.

Discusses the factors that contributed to the decline in the number of liberal incumbents who won reelection in the U.S. House. Increase in the number of retirements among liberals; Seriousness of electoral problems in districts that the liberals used to win easily; Competition with Republicans.