The Liberal Democrat History Group’s fringe meeting at conference featured a fascinating discussion of the historical roots and present meaning of Liberalism. You can catch up on the meeting, which ...

Only in the United States is "liberal" a label for someone soft on communism, national defense and crime. The Liberal Democrats in the United Kingdom occupy the center between Labour on the left and ...

Tolerance is usually regarded as “the quintessential liberal value.” This position is supported by a standard liberal history that views religious toleration as emerging from the post-Reformation wars ...

Sunstein has written a new book, called “ On Liberalism ,” which is a defense of the idea of liberalism at a time when ...

Not to pile on, but there’s also this, in the new Democracy. Unlike the aforementioned TLS essay, the whole thing is online; here’s a short excerpt: The single moment that made postwar liberalism feel ...