Far more than Paul and Cummings, Bacharach’s tacit admission comes the closest to addressing the existential question of the American Left today: Could any normal person sit in that room? Although he never does so directly, reading his article with this question in mind, one finds that his answer, and the general answer of the left today, might be surmised to be “No. But you may not ask that question because at least we are well-intentioned.” Nobody writing at the time bothered to answer the question because everyone knew the answer was no. Such an admission would have required an explanation as to why no regular person could sit in that room.