In 1950, Lionel Trilling argued that liberalism forms America’s sole intellectual tradition. Conservatives, by contrast, vent only “irritable mental gestures which seek to resemble ideas”. Fast-forward 75 years, and Trilling’s stinging rebuke could apply equally to The Argument, a Substack-based magazine newly launched to “make a positive, combative case for liberalism”. Flush with $4 million [...]Read More...
