Unwieldy Coalitions

The liberal New Deal Coalition crumbles while giving rise to the modern, and increasingly illiberal, Conservative Coalition.

From left to right: Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2017 March for Life, contemporary Confederate Flag, Capitol Riot of 2021, The New York Stock Exchange in the 1980s, Rush Limbaugh receiving the Medal of Freedom at Trump’s 2020 State of the Union. Courtesy of Wikimedia and PicMonkey.

It was a bright and sunny spring day at the University of Maryland. I rememb…