In The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity\u2019s Search for Meaning, JEREMY LENT writes, \u201cThe right wing has not won on the issues, but by telling a grand story of America - a story that is false and based on a set of values that are driving civilization to a precipice. It\u2019s been successful because there has been no coherent counter-narrative.\u201d We look at that history and look ahead for a new story.