The Political Failure of Bidenomics

 Democrats, David Brooks tells us, have lost their hold on the non-college educated working class despite the economic gains made by that group under President Biden’s favorable programs. The reasons he offers for this defection is a sense of non-recognition and adverse moral judgments by college educated elites who regard the less-educated as socially backward.  Those without college degrees are more likely to be engaged with “ flag, family and faith “ than their better educated counterparts who tend to be progressive and concerned with social issues.So the cause of the political realignment is cultural not economic.

The troubling conclusion to be drawn from this analysis is that religion is failing in its fundamental mission to promote love, tolerance and morality. How, otherwise, can persons of greater faith be embracing politicians who demonstrate daily that they have no regard for truth, empathy or human decency.