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Is American Liberalism Exhausted?

Is American Liberalism Exhausted?

Last week, the Wall Street Journal carried a superb column by Shelby Steele, author and senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. The piece was essentially a summary of his brilliant book, Shame, which is a must-read for conservatives. In Shame, Steele, who is an African-American, explains how America since the 1960s has lived through what might be called an age of "white guilt." He goes on to describe how most whites don't feel actual guilt for America's past treatment

Last week, the Wall Street Journal carried a superb column by Shelby Steele, author and senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. The piece was essentially a summary of his brilliant book, Shame, which is a must-read for conservatives. In Shame, Steele, who is an African-American, explains how America since the 1960s has lived through what might be called an age of "white guilt." He goes on to describe how most whites don't feel actual guilt for America's past treatment of mino…