A BRIEF HISTORY OF AMERICAN LIBERALISM from 1960 to 2020- In 1960, the greatest thing to be, in the known world, was an American Liberal; for to be an American Liberal in 1960 was to endeavor to make the nation, the Republic, a better place,based on the most significant civic ethic, the cornerstone    civic ethic , of the White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (WASP) civic    philosophy.   And what was the cornerstone of the WASP civic philosophy? It was not empathy, 1960 Liberalism did not demand social empathy for its members; one was    still allowed to dislike criminals and hate pedophiles.    It was not love; the expectation that American society should love its members, was an invention of 1990s cable television.   The cornerstone philosophy was FAIR PLAY; if we could treat each other fairly, it did not matter if there was empathy or love. If society could only marshal fair play, the world would be a better place.   In the 1970s, American Liberalism was defined by the rise

This Blogger has met very few smart people in his life, very few, a handful. This Blogger does not consider experts as inherently smart, just knowledgeable. A smart person is one who can enter any situation, and help one in need to solve the problem by asking the right questions. It is a declining art, like reading the runes. Soon it will be a lost art as thinking is consumed by sophomoric Millennial Group Think. One of the few really smart people    this Blogger knows sent him a flattering email last week; this Blogger would like to share it; “ Gerry!  I love your logic, historical perspective and code breaking ability to connect the dots.  You are non-linear within a linear world within non-linear universe .’ This Blogger was basking in that praise when his inbox was flooded by    emails from    people who had read the NEW YORK TIMES SUNDAY REVIEW article about the Tulsa massacre. The article quotes an eyewitness, Undersheriff Maxey. The emails    to this Blogger noted that