KIMBERLEY STRASSEL

Today’s Democratic Party is entirely dedicated to the proposition that all Americans should be told how to live.

Congressional sloth in recent years has hit mind-boggling new lows. It’s partly systemic, rooted in a mandatory spending regime that accounts for two-thirds of government dollars and runs on autopilot. That disconnect now imbues every aspect of governance. In the nearly 50 years since Congress created our current system of budgeting and appropriations, it’s managed to complete the process correctly four times. It last did so 25 years ago. The default is massive omnibus bills that are passed hours after release, minutes before the government shuts down for lack of funds.

Americans demand more than “vote for me because I self-attest to moral superiority.” Yet that’s about all the left’s got right now. That’s because the haughty arrogance—and press protection—has allowed the party to continue living in a bubble that shields them from their failings.

The energy required to produce an EV is about double that of building an internal combustion engine. EVs displace gasoline demand, replacing it with diesel demand (for the mining and ships required for EV materials), coal demand (to run Asian factories that produce EVs) and electrical demand (charging, fueled primarily by hydrocarbons). If an EV driver feels sanctimonious, it’s only because politicians spared him knowledge of his heaving carbon footprint.

Were anyone wondering how Sen. Harry Reid intended to manage life in the minority, it took one day of the 114th Congress to get the answer: Exactly as he did in the majority. Republicans would be wise to understand what he's up to.

Americans demand more than “vote for me because I self-attest to moral superiority.” Yet that’s about all the left’s got right now. That’s because the haughty arrogance—and press protection—has allowed the party to continue living in a bubble that shields them from their failings.

Were anyone wondering how Sen. Harry Reid intended to manage life in the minority, it took one day of the 114th Congress to get the answer: Exactly as he did in the majority. Republicans would be wise to understand what he's up to.

Congressional sloth in recent years has hit mind-boggling new lows. It’s partly systemic, rooted in a mandatory spending regime that accounts for two-thirds of government dollars and runs on autopilot. That disconnect now imbues every aspect of governance. In the nearly 50 years since Congress created our current system of budgeting and appropriations, it’s managed to complete the process correctly four times. It last did so 25 years ago. The default is massive omnibus bills that are passed hours after release, minutes before the government shuts down for lack of funds.

The energy required to produce an EV is about double that of building an internal combustion engine. EVs displace gasoline demand, replacing it with diesel demand (for the mining and ships required for EV materials), coal demand (to run Asian factories that produce EVs) and electrical demand (charging, fueled primarily by hydrocarbons). If an EV driver feels sanctimonious, it’s only because politicians spared him knowledge of his heaving carbon footprint.

Today’s Democratic Party is entirely dedicated to the proposition that all Americans should be told how to live.