David Horowitz, whose journey of self discovery from radical liberal to principled conservative has inspired many on the right, lost his 44 year old daughter last year to a disease she had been afflicted with since childhood. His book about his daughter and their relationship, "A Cracking of the Heart," has been widely praised for its humanity and its heartfelt prose.Today, Horowitz pens a note to the readers of Powerline in which he discusses the amazing woman his daughter was and the idea that despite deep differences in their political philosophies, they formed a bond as close as any father-daughter could:She was also a liberal whose last campaign was a trip to Iowa in the teeth of a bitter winter to help the first African American to win the presidential nomination of a major political party. This inevitably stimulated a dialogue between us, and because my daughter was a serious and intelligent thinker it engaged the essential themes that divide us into liberals and...(Read Full Post)