Foremost among the many things to be said about the November elections is that they decisively confirmed what we have often observed in these pages: that the United States is now a nation in the grip of a cultural revolution. It goes without saying that liberals have regularly denied this fact; it pains us to observe that some happy, ostrich conservatives, too, have denied the significance of the transformations that have taken place in the social, intellectual, and moral fabric of America over the last forty years. But the November elections have vividly reminded us that, sooner or later, a cultural revolution has real political fallout.

As we write, almost a week after the election, the results of the presidential contest are still in abeyance. It is entirely possible that when you read this the results will still be in abeyance. At the moment, the entire race is said to turn on a few votes in Palm Beach County, Florida, a heavily Democratic redoubt. ...

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