Dennis H. Wrong makes a convincing case for his belief that the present decline of liberalism in American politics is more than a normal turn in a cyclical pattern (in “How Critical Is Our Condition,” Fall 1981). Not only does Wrong point to the obvious defeats in the elections of 1977 and 1980, but he also brings to our attention that in the Democratic primary in 1976, “the most conventional liberal candidate in the field, Morris Udall, seemed to be carrying all the college and university towns while trailing his opponents everywhere else.” But Wrong neglects to mention, except indirectly, just why liberalism seems now to be the politics of what he calls “the quiche eaters,&...