The policies of the Democratic Party have always been in cultural consonance with the culture of the working class. And, somehow, they missed that.
Bragging about what a good deal you got is one of the many great art forms that my people, the Jews, have introduced to American culture.
We live in a culture that encourages us to be big about ourselves, and I think the starting point of trying to build inner goodness is to be a little bit smaller about yourself.
I'm thankful that we live in a crassly commercial, polarized culture, so media jackals like me have a lot of work to do.