He never disappoints. He’s written another Times Magazine piece on what ails the Democrats, and based on the bio is threatening to write a book on same. Apparently Democrats should watch King of the Hill, where they’d find out that Democrats can win over red-state voters if they show respect for them and their exotic values. Trashing their values, apparently, is not as good a strategy. Who knew? Also, it turns out that red-state voters believe in taking care of their brutish veteran fathers, and are therefore natural supporters of Democratic health-care policies. Thank goodness a cartoon show is there to explain that red-state voters like their fathers, and Bai is there to translate those odd values of theirs into public-policy terms. Also, for a cartoon character, Hank Hill has pretty detailed views about environmental policy.