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In reply to the discussion: The prophecy of Adam Gopnik in the New Yorker, May 20, 2016 [View all]Bernardo de La Paz
(48,935 posts)10. Gopnik has the antidote in 2019 book: A Thousand Small Sanities: The Moral Adventure of Liberalism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Thousand_Small_Sanities
"Adam Gopnik finds kindness at the core of liberal values as he defends a way of life" review https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/may/12/a-thousand-small-sanities-moral-adventure-liberalism-adam-gopnik-review
"Liberalism is in fact vivid, activist, questing. It is a moral movement to fashion a world for all of us, in our kaleidoscopic complexity, to live, love and learn in. Right now, liberals do not need a philosophy lecture. They need a rallying cry, and Gopnik gives us one." review https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/cry-freedom-review-of-adam-gopniks-book-a-thousand-small-sanities/
An unflattering review https://newrepublic.com/article/153781/emptiness-adam-gopniks-liberalism-review-thousand-small-sanities
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Should Dems take control of all three branches and embark on wholesale political, social, and
Pepsidog
Nov 2019
#3
Gopnik has the antidote in 2019 book: A Thousand Small Sanities: The Moral Adventure of Liberalism
Bernardo de La Paz
Nov 2019
#10
The problem is the number of people who are ill informed or refuse to believe.
Lonestarblue
Nov 2019
#13
Sorry Grasswire2, I did a site search for Adam Gopnik before I posted and your post didn't come up.
Fla Dem
Nov 2019
#31