What Made the Democratic Party Go Crazy?

Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness

The elite university became the farm team for the new elite. Its position papers, grant-

funded “research,” and the latest “studies” would supposedly provide the expertise, the “authorities,” and the “experts” to provide the necessarily “correct” analysis of climate change, race, crime, immigration, and foreign policy. Bill Clinton and Obama were the last Democrats to try appealing to the middle class. But in retirement, they both cashed in, went global, and became multimillionaires by selling their name and brand and joined in.