Liberal thinkers who don't fit the mold

[Wonky Pundit]

More proof that the stereotype of liberals as pot-addled former flower children is completely outdated:

Two Bay area liberals...premiered a wonky, photo-free journal dedicated to rethinking liberalism as their small Oakland think tank, the Breakthrough Institute, hosts a gathering of nearly 100 intellectuals today through Saturday in Sausalito.

They will deconstruct what's wrong with liberalism - and there's plenty, they say.

"It's not an understatement to say liberalism is lost," Shellenberger said. "It might win some elections, it might have a majority here or there, it might get health care done, but as a governing philosophy, it's really at its end."
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Nordhaus and Shellenberger hope that this weekend's intellectual combat will eventually spawn a new generation of liberal ideas.

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