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What Liberalism Means A Fundamental Value
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To the Editor:To the Editor:
Re “The Death of Liberalism” (column, April 14):Re “The Death of Liberalism” (column, April 14):
Roger Cohen’s analysis of the decline of liberalism in our time is correct and pertinent. He might perhaps have reminded readers of President Ronald Reagan’s diatribe during the 1988 campaign against what he called “the dreaded L-word.”Roger Cohen’s analysis of the decline of liberalism in our time is correct and pertinent. He might perhaps have reminded readers of President Ronald Reagan’s diatribe during the 1988 campaign against what he called “the dreaded L-word.”
It marked a low point in the G.O.P.’s trashing of a fundamental American value. Liberalism has always stood in defense of human decency.It marked a low point in the G.O.P.’s trashing of a fundamental American value. Liberalism has always stood in defense of human decency.
FRITZ STERNFRITZ STERN
New YorkNew York
The writer is university professor emeritus at Columbia University.The writer is university professor emeritus at Columbia University.