<div>The most illuminating explanation of liberals and conservatives is found in the most recent New York Review of Books by Mark Lilla. He helps me clarify what I wrote some time ago in "We Are All Liberals--Well, Almost All" at <a href="http://www.home.roadrunner.com/~nickgier/liberalism.htm">www.home.roadrunner.com/~nickgier/liberalism.htm</a>. Paelo-conservatives (Wilson's own phrase) are not included.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Briefly, the French and American Revolutions broke down the medieval distinction between "liberi" and "servi" by proclaiming that we are are "liberi" (free and noble beings). Tweaking the motto of the French revolutionaries a bit to "liberty, equality, and community," I redefine classical liberalism as finding a balance among these three values. Today's liberals focus on equality and can fail by not keeping the other two in sight; today's conservatives focus on community and tradition but can also slight liberty and equality; and today's libertarians are the most imbalanced of all--emphasizing liberty to the exclusion of the other two.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Speaking of libertarians, this morning on NPR the author of "Libertarianism from A to Z"--also a fellow at the Cato Institute--declared that Ron Paul was giving libertarianism a very bad name.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Yours for the best balance of liberty, equality, and community,</div><div><br></div><div>Nick</div><div><br></div><div>A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. </div>
<div><br></div><div>-Greek proverb</div><div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 11:45 AM, Tom Hansen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Here's a little sumpin' from the NOTP archives that you can download to your personal library . . .</div>
<div><br></div><div>Mark Potok's (Southern Poverty Law Center) article "Taliban on the Palouse"</div><div><a href="http://www.notonthepalouse.com/Tal_Pal.htm" target="_blank">http://www.notonthepalouse.com/Tal_Pal.htm</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Enjoy.<br><br><div>Seeya later, Moscow.</div><div><br></div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Spokane, Washington</div><div><br></div><div>"If not us, who?</div><div>If not now, when?"</div><div><br>
</div><div>- Unknown</div></div><div><div class="h5"><div><br>On Jan 4, 2012, at 11:28 AM, Art Deco <<a href="mailto:art.deco.studios@gmail.com" target="_blank">art.deco.studios@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div>
</div><blockquote type="cite"><div>Less not forget so that we try to keep children as far away as possible from the Christ Church Cult.<br><br><a href="http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2006/fall/neo-confederates" target="_blank">How dare you question my judgment!</a><br clear="all">
<br>-- <br>Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)<br><a href="mailto:art.deco.studios@gmail.com" target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:art.deco.studios@gmail.com" target="_blank">art.deco.studios@gmail.com</a><br>
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