Based on a thorough examination of the historical record, I have concluded that the prototypical modern liberal wasn't Norman Thomas, Dr. Spock, Eugene McCarthy or George McGovern, but the Red Queen in Lewis Carroll's "Through The Looking Glass." Consider the following exchange: "I can't believe that," said Alice. "Can't you?" the Queen said in a pitying tone. "Try." Alice laughed. "There's no use trying," she said. "One can't believe impossible things." "I dare say you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for a half-hour a day. Why, I've sometimes believed...