visions? joining me now, noah feldman and academy, both professors of harvard law school. the broken constitution: lincoln slavery and the refounding of america. and kennedy s latest is say it loud! on race, law, history and culture. noah, let me start with you by asking what is this conversation about race that triggered what appears to be kind of a political backlash in virginia? why is this happening i guess is the simple question? republicans are exploiting a problem that the democratic party in particular and liberals in general face right now. and the problem is there s been a really important and much-awaited reconsideration by progressives and liberals about the history of race in our country, but liberals still don t have a clear narrative to replace the old narrative, according to which nothing was really so terrible and anyway we overcame it. now that liberals acknowledge there was slavery in the constitution, that even after the end of slavery, there was still segrega
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days, one is reminded of eric hoffer s remark, every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket. it may be that major parts of american conservatism have become such a racket, that a kind of refounding of the movement as a cause is necessary. frank rich joins us in just a moment.
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behold! rachel maddow approvingly quotes bill kristol, without sna are k. read about some conservative organizations and campaigns these days, one is reminded of eric hoffer s remark, every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business and eventually degenerates into a racket. it may be that major parts of american conservative have become such a racket that a kind of refounding of the movement as a cause is necessary. joining us tonight for the interview is frank rich. he is new york magazine writer at large. mr. rich, it s great to have you here. great to be here as always. in part, i enjoy these stories because it is fun to figure out ways that people have managed to do politics in a way that works out to be a great business for themselves. free market principles. the market all goes, accrues to them. i sort of wonder about that.