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Congo (DRC), per capital GDP of, 35
    Denmark, social welfare in, 70–72, 75, 216–17
    DiIulio, John, 210
    Dionne, E. J. Jr., 150–51
    Discourse on Inequality (Rousseau), 21–22
    diversity. See affirmative action
    domestic policies, compassion and, 85–137
    Â Â Â Â  consequences of lack of self-reliance, 111–18
    Â Â Â Â  criticisms of self-reliance, 118–22
    Â Â Â Â  culture of victimhood developed, 94–100
    Â Â Â Â  dependence versus self-reliance, 91–93
    Â Â Â Â  helplessness emphasized, 86–88
    Â Â Â Â  liberals’ reactions to disagreement with, 132–37
    Â Â Â Â  scale of concern and, 88–91
    Â Â Â Â  social and political aspects of victimhood, 122–31
    Â Â Â Â  U.S. spending on welfare as percentage of GDP, 77
    Â Â Â Â  white guilt and black victimhood, 100–111
    Â Â Â Â  see also social welfare programs
    Don’t Think of an Elephant! Know Your Values and Frame the Debate (Lakoff), 9–10
    Dorr, Rheta Childe, 89
    Douthat, Ross, 49, 75–76
    Dukakis, Michael, 208
    Dunham, Stanley Ann, xiii–xiv
    Ebert, Roger, xvii
    economic growth, and liberals’ views on social welfare, 66–72
    â€œEconomic Mobility Project,” of Pew Charitable Trust, 128
    Economist , 173
    Edelman, Marian Wright, 88, 89, 107–8, 119
    education
    Â Â Â Â  California and equal finding of all school districts, 220–22
    Â Â Â Â  gifted programs, 120–22
    Â Â Â Â  private schools, 119–20
    Â Â Â Â  see also affirmative action
    Edwards, John, 127
    Egypt, per capital GDP of, 36
    8 Mile (film), 113
    Ellis Island immigrants, assimilation and, 79–80, 82
    Elshtain, Jean Bethke, 91, 108, 131
    Ely, Richard T., 100–101
    empathy, defined, 4. See also compassion
    environmental programs, 163–73
    Â Â Â Â  carbon dioxide emission reduction, 163, 165–73
    Â Â Â Â  lack of economic growth for poorer countries and, 169–70
    Â Â Â Â  recycling, 164–65
    Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Sacketts and wetlands, 200–202
    Epstein, Richard, 223–24
    Espenshade, Thomas, 176, 180
    Ethics of Redistribution, The (Jouvenal), 217
    ethnonationalism, 77–79
    Evanier, Mark, xv–xvi
    â€œFailure of Antigovernment Conservatism, The” (Waldman), 8–9
    Fallows, James, 141
    Federalist Papers
    Â Â Â Â  No. 1, 131
    Â Â Â Â  No. 2, 79
    Â Â Â Â  No. 10, 15
    Â Â Â Â  No. 51, 19
    Â Â Â Â  No. 55, 19
    Â Â Â Â  No. 62, 73
    Federation for American Immigration Reform, 184–85
    Ferguson, Andrew, 188
    â€œfighting faith,” of liberals, 29–31
    Fischel, William, 220, 221–22
    Florida, Richard, 81
    Foer, Franklin, 151
    Fonte, John, 79–80
    Food Stamps, xix, xx
    â€œForgotten Man, The” (Sumner), 195–96
    Four Reforms (Buckley), 230–31
    France, social welfare in, 216–17
    Frankfurt, Harry, 144–48
    Friedersdorf, Conor, 156, 159
    Friedman, Milton, 212–14, 229, 231
    Fukuyama, Francis, 16
    Galbraith, John Kenneth, 96
    Galston, William, 92–93, 192
    Garrison, William Lloyd, 52–53, 54
    Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 101–3
    Gingrich, Newt, 209
    Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 202
    Glazer, Nathan, 150
    global warming. See carbon dioxide emission reduction, liberal proposals for
    Goldberg, Jeffrey, 160, 162
    Golden Rule, Rousseau on, 25
    Goodhart, David, 38–39, 82
    Gopnik, Adam, 156–57, 159
    Gore, Al, xii–xiii, 152, 165
    Grayson, Alan, xix
    Great Society, Cuomo’s defense of, 7
    Green, Joshua, 126
    â€œGross World Product” statistics, 35–36
    Gruber, Jonathan, 183–84
    Guatemala, per capital GDP of, 36
    gun control, liberal proposals for, 152–63
    Â Â Â Â  constitutional impediments to, 159–60
    Â Â Â Â  practical impediments to, 160–63
    Haag, Pamela,