At the Democratic convention in Philadelphia, Elizabeth Warren presented a more subdued version of her typically firebrand approach to political fodder, opting for a more propositional rather than oppositional tone. Yet longtime observers know her usual temperament is one of righteous indignation, an impassioned moral certitude that would rival preacher Jonathan Edwards a la “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” While Warren’s sincerity is difficult to question, indeed many of my Harvard classmates and friends who know her from her professorial days convey as much, the right has done little to substantively challenge the senior senator from Massachusetts. Instead of focusing on the troubling macro failures of her policy prescriptions (failed outcomes separate from her noble intentions), they myopically focus on her “Pocahontas” mote while ignoring the flawed, substantive policy beam in her other eye. Yes, it’s awkward and embarrassing that she claimed Native American heritage without sufficient proof and may have exploited this to gain professional edge. But squabbling with Warren over family lore ignores far larger problems. Through her incendiary language, Warren herself often borders on Trump-like insults, hurling around words at Trump labeling him “a small, insecure money grubber” who would “crush you into the…
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