The headline of a Wall Street Journal editorial caught my eye: “Arizona’s School Choice Election.” Writing as if nothing had changed in American politics since 2011, the editorial board assailed Katie Hobbs, the Democratic candidate for governor, as a tool of teachers unions for her opposition to school choice. The Journal advised that parents would be well-advised to vote Republican.
There you have it: the failure of the intellectual leaders of conservatism in one editorial. The once magisterial voice of the conservative worldview looked at the race for governor in Arizona and airily overlooked reality. School choice? Are they out of their minds?
