(A) Constitutional Protections and Political Risks: (I) Liberal Constitutionalism as Ideology: Marx and Habermas (II) The Ethics of Struggle (III) Democratic Autonomy, Political Ethics, and Moral Luck; (B) Shapiro, Genealogy, and Ethics; (C) Liberal Neutrality: A Reply to James Fishkin; (D) The Mirror of Reproduction: Baudrillard and Reagan's America; (E) The Specter of Communism; (F) Habits of the Head: Tocqueville's America and Jazz