"The Transformation of Liberalism"

This essay, by Thomas Powers, appeared more than a decade ago in National Affairs.  I imagine many readers are already familiar with it, but I was not.  It was, for me, helpful (and sobering) with respect to our currently boiling arguments about religious accommodations and exemptions from generally applicable laws and -- relatedly -- about the tension between religious freedom, on the one hand, and some antidiscrimination policies and laws, on the other.  Read it, if you haven't already, or re-read it, if you already have.