Life and liberty

　　Just how good is Ameirican liberalism's inner ear?Dedending an open society in the wake of September's attacks demands that we strike the right balance between security and liberty,between the first of the Declaration of Independence's inalienable rights and the second;and that we remind our countrymen that in a battle of ideals with a closed society,liberaty and tolerance can be the most potent weapons in our arsenal.Even so,we'll also need some more conventional weapons along the way.

　　譯文：美國自由派人士正確解讀政治形勢的能力究竟有多好呢?在9.11事件之后要捍衛(wèi)一個(gè)開放型的社會(huì)，我們要在安全與自由，第一次與第二次獨(dú)立宣言的不可剝奪的權(quán)利之間找一個(gè)微妙的平衡點(diǎn);要求我們提醒我們的同胞在一個(gè)封閉的社會(huì)中進(jìn)行一場思想斗爭，自由和寬容是我們最重要的武器。即使這樣，在這條路上我們?nèi)匀恍枰�更多的常�?guī)武器。