Jones’s mistake is one she shares with much of the contemporary Democratic Party. She writes extensively about the need for more government funding to solve every problem imaginable, while disdaining religion and family—the very things that sustain working Americans. A dismissive quip about a family member “colonized” by Fox News epitomizes the... See more

For many voters, the post–New Deal coalition Democratic Party has ceased to represent any particular project. Instead, it has become associated with weak half measures, technocratic workarounds, uninspiring compromises, mealy-mouthed excuses, and obvious diversions