liberalism

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Academics will argue endlessly about whether the world runs on either competitive realism or cooperative liberalism.

From Barron's • Jan. 5, 2026

Despite his fierce liberalism, Reiner built relationships with conservatives including Fox News host Laura Ingraham and actor James Woods, earning their respect.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2025

The simile is arresting: modern European proponents of welfare-state liberalism likened to a dying class of 19th-century hereditary nobles, confident in their rightness and desperate to rest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

The Santa Monica High School graduate who, 20 years ago, rebelled against the prevailing liberalism and celebrated multiculturalism of his classmates now runs policy for the president of the United States.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2025

In the world Michael-Mary Graham inhabited, her mild liberalism, a residue of her Bohemian youth, and her posture of sensitive lady poet passed for anarchy.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison