George W. Bush may well win a tax program that most voters rejected
in the 2000 election. His $1.6 trillion in cuts would favor the richest
1 percent. Public opinion polls confirm that most Americans would rather
see the money go for social investments.

The demonstrations last November in Seattle and last month in Washington have made some liberals uneasy. For many, the street activity suggests both a rowdiness and a know-nothing attitude toward global commerce. A recent New Republic cover, caricaturing a protester, asks, "Does the New New Left Have a Brain?"

I've noticed that my liberal friends divide into two camps: those who posit a Manichaean dividing line between "liberal" and "left," and those who appreciate the necessary role of radicals. I'm with the latter group, though at the end of the day I count myself a liberal.