The Future of Liberaltarianism  By Ross Douthat  You've probably
been following this conversation, but here's Will Wilkinson's
response to Jonah Goldberg and John Hood on the question of what
happens to the Wilkinson/Brink Lindsey theory of
"liberaltarianism" in the age of Obama:    So "whatever happened
to liberaltarianism" is that it's an ongoing project to change
who talks to whom, to freshen the stale dialectic of American
politics, and to create new possibilities for American political
identity.  This is consonant with what Will's written before on
the subject, and as a fan of long-term, slightly quixotic
political projects I wish him well. That being said, to become a
viable form of political identity, as opposed to a theoretical
one, liberaltarianism would need some actual liberals to jump on
board the Rawlsekian train. It doesn't have to happen
immediately, but it needs to happen at some point - and in that
regard, the leftward trajectory of American liberalism at the
moment ought to be at least somew