Much like belly buttons, pundits on each side have an opinion concerning the message sent in the recent elections. This time, some of our friends on the Left may be closer to the truth. They say the election was painted against a backdrop of affordability. Republican strategists seem to shrug it off and say, well, they were blue to dark blue electorates and the party in power always does poorly in these elections. Let’s just move on. By ignoring affordability and the economic unrest, Republicans may be whistling through the political graveyard.

The Democrats running in New Jersey and Virginia were weak and, in some cases, deeply flawed. They didn’t just win; they clobbered their opponents. Why?

Why would New York, the center of finance and home to the most capitalistic enterprises, elect a young, inexperienced, self-described socialist? One who seems to have a flirtatious relationship with jihadists, no less? Maybe it was a telling clue when the CEO of the nation’s largest health insurer was gunned down on the streets of New York and a shocking number of New Yorkers cheered. Why?

A partial answer is that too many young people today have been educated (indoctrinated) to believe in class warfare and moral ambivalence. They are susceptible to the lure of the politics of envy. Capitalism exploits the poor, so socialism is morally superior. Carried to its extreme, capitalist CEOs who run big health........

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