text: It is the height of irony that the title of this article lectures The Left about the need to "renew the common good?" Since when has The Right ever been concerned about the common good?  This article may be a post-mortem about recent Democratic losses, which is all well and good, but Democrats have never forgotten about the common good. Working toward the common good has always been at the center of Democratic initiatives in government. Republicans, on the other hand, believe in the supremacy of the individual (usually at the expense of the common good) and write legislation that reflects that philosophy. While Democrats may have lost this one particular election cycle, Republicans have lost their soul by electing Donald Trump as their champion. Perhaps MSW will grace us with a post-mortem about that.