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03/27/2003 Archived Entry: "old liberalism"

OLD LIBERALISM, R.I.P: Steven Hayward writes that old New Deal liberalism died with Daniel Patrick Moynihan. He may well be right. The old liberalism was wrong-headed about government, but it was pro-American, patriotic, rooted in traditional values, optimistic and capable of uniting a nation. The liberalism that has replaced it is a much uglier creed.