Liberalism is I think resurgent. One reason is that more and more people are so painfully aware of the alternative.
The enemy of the conventional wisdom is not ideas but the march of events.
The only politics in this country that's relevant to black people today is...
If you lock me in the room with a piano teacher for a year I might be able to knock out a rendition of 'Roll Out The Barrel ' but will I ever be a concert pianist? No.