We are hearing a lot about the electoral upset in the U.K.  A few days ago, it sounded like one of those "too close to call" elections that keep you up all night.  As you know, it turned out to be an easy one for PM Cameron and his side: Of the five largest parties, the Conservatives gained 36.9% of the vote, Labour 30.4%, UKIP (UK Independence Party) 12.6%, Liberal Democrats 7.9%,  SNP 4.7% and Green 3.8%. According to an analysis on the New York Post, there is a lesson for those of us over here: Indeed, the right’s been on the rise across the English-speaking world, from Australia to Canada to India and now Britain. The class-warfare stuff, in particular, seems a hard sell. After all, last fall, Mayor de Blasio, keynoting Labor’s party conference, called income inequality “the issue of our time throughout the globe.” He told Labor leader Ed Miliband, “You are on the right side of...(Read Full Post)