the decline of neoliberalism

as described by David Brooks is a sign that this conservative commentator can use his intelligence when his powerful overlords turn their backs temporarily. The demise of decline of neoliberalism is due in no small part -- and Brooks gets this right -- to the powerful progressive, liberal blogosphere, which has emerged as not only politcally, but intellectually critcla to those of us deeply shaken by the political scene since the election of 2000. The blogosphere has given me the confidence to assert a strong notion of contentious, historical universalism that is the pragmatic and theoretical grounding of a politics and ethics.