American journalist Tucker Carlson was interviewed as part of the World Government Summit in Dubai earlier this week, and if people were outraged by his recent interview of Russian President Vladimir Putin, they were likely apoplectic after his remarks in Dubai about America’s cities:

“[W]hat was radicalizing, very shocking and very disturbing for me was the city of Moscow ... the biggest city in Europe, 13 million people. And ... it is so much cleaner and safer ... than any city in the United States. ... How did that happen? ... If you can't use your subway, for example, as many people are afraid to in New York City because it's too dangerous, you have to sort of wonder, isn't that the ultimate measure of leadership? ... [I]t's radicalizing for an American to go to Moscow ... to Singapore, to Tokyo, to Dubai and Abu Dhabi, because these cities, no matter how we're told they're run and on what principles they're run, are wonderful places to live that don't have rampant inflation where you're not going to get raped.”

How did it happen? How did the quality of life in American cities become so awful?

It is leftism -- its philosophy and politics -- in action.

The American concept of ordered liberty rests upon the foundation of citizens whose behavior is restrained by their own beliefs, personal values, education and upbringing. Founding Father (and second president) John Adams is often quoted on this point. In his 1798 Letter to the Massachusetts Militia, Adams wrote, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral........

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