Progressives and the future

This essay, by a young conservative student at the U. of Chicago, Jay Lerner, does a pretty good job of getting at the essence of Progressivism and Liberalism, the underlying shared beliefs, the minor differences, and where they want to take our democracy in the future.  A friend likes to say that liberals think they know what is best for everyone, and want to dictate that thinking to the rest of us.  William Buckley once described a liberal as one who reaches into your shower and controls the temperature and water flow.  These are both accurate descriptions of this peculiar, particular breed of democrat. It's clear that as a country we are in the middle of a big debate about who is right:  the liberal/progressives who want more government and in the hands of experts (them), or conservatives who want less government and more individual freedom.