Fox and Unlearned Hand both have interesting posts today. Russell Arben Fox has a lengthy response to Gary Hart's question concerning whether it's democracy or liberalism we really care about in the Islamic world. Also, I loaned my copy of Adam Swift's book to Unlearned Hand--who is, as others have rightly noted, quite learned. Swift straightens out the mess that is Berlin's two concepts of liberty. See Unlearned for the details, or, better yet, pick up Swift's book for yourself.