TODAY'S LIBERALS

Mark Tapscott's article "Where did all the liberals go?" hit home with me. For some time I have been thinking about how different liberals are today from those I had instructing me in the 60s and 70s. 20th century liberals believed in the use of government and Keynesian economics, but at the same time they realized the dangers of big government and stressed the importance of personal rights for all. When I look at recent liberal/progressive web sites, I see an angry, vindictive streak to them that contradicts the more gentle and broad-minded liberalism of the last century. Today's liberals are acting more like the angry and irrational radical right of the past.