IN THE MAIL: From Ross Douthat and Reihan Salam, Grand New Party: How Republicans Can Win the Working Class and Save the American Dream. Now in a newly revised paperback edition, with fancy blurbs from fancy people!

Plus, from John Wasik, Cul-de-Sac Syndrome: Turning Around the Unsustainable American Dream. It’s looking to me that the most “unsustainable” part of the American Dream is its dependence on a self-disciplined and intelligent political class. . . .