john hall johnhallevergonet essence hindsight justification progressives werent middle society one end wanted society end middle less got stopped intervention worked actually nice things say sec least theory nasty things say well whole good thing original message forkadminxentcom mailtoforkadminxentcom behalf geege schuman sent tuesday september 24 2002 637 pm forkspamassassintaintorg subject liberalism america liberalism propagandized meddling truth middle american liberalism believes respect made major contribution grand strategy freedom capitalists socialists 1930s trying narrow choice eitheror either laissezfaire capitalism bureaucratic socialism new deal persisted vigorous faith human intelligence social experiment could work stable foundation freedom context security security context freedom faith remains best hope free society today fluid yet crunchy gg httpwwwenglishupenneduafilreis50sschleslibhtml thu 26 sep 2002 163727 0700 liberalism america