Wieseltier is a secular liberal in the classical sense.
It is emerging because highly educated secular liberals are pulling the Democrats upscale and to the left.
There are a handful of secular liberals in Maysan.
As the recent national election showed too clearly, the gap between secular liberals and religious conservatives in the United States is wider than ever.
And whatever happens in Iraq, little has changed to the Democrats' reputation as the party of secular, elite liberals.
If so, it will be hard for secular liberals to argue with the will of the people.
Instead, modern science is turning up a possible reason why the religious right is flourishing and secular liberals aren't: instinct.
That's enough to worry a lot of secular liberals who have nightmares about Egypt turning into another Iran.
Are there, in fact, important questions raised by religious conservatives that should be discussed by secular liberals?
Paritzky was known as a secular liberal who advocated for the separation of state and religion in Israel.