The Rise of Illiberal Democracy (updated)

Fareed Zakaria "It has been difficult to recognize because for the last century in the West, democracy -- free and fair elections -- has gone hand in hand with constitutional liberalism -- the rule of law and basic human rights. But in the rest of the world, these two concepts are coming apart. Democracy without constitutional liberalism is producing centralized regimes, the erosion of liberty, ethnic competition, conflict, and war."

Barney Frank to young Dems: If you want to advance liberalism, “give us more authority”  Speaking to "useful idiots".

Conservative Pundits Strike a Chord as Nation Grows Wary of Liberalism  "On February 19, 2009, Rick Santelli helped create a movement whose political impact has not yet been fully realized. The "Rant Heard 'Round the World," as it has become known, was a profound, if hardly isolated example of the power of conservative pundits to enact political change."