Recommended: The Crisis for Liberalism

Ross Douthat has a fascinating article in today's New York Times, The Crisis for Liberalism. This is about more than the issue of whether the Democrats should go further left or back toward the center to win more elections. He is discussing a more fundamental issue, the issue of identity politics in America. This isn't the easiest article to read - I had to reread it several times before I grasped the full import of what he was trying to say.  But I think it is important.