A key to the mentality of the left is that it judges itself by its best intentions, and judges its opponents - America chief among them - by their worst deeds.

He is a founder and current president of the David Horowitz Freedom Center and edits FrontPage Magazine. Horowitz has recounted his ideological journey in a series of retrospectives culminating with his 1996 memoir Radical Son: A Generational Odyssey. Horowitz was raised by parents who were members of the Communist Party USA.