Voting For Free Soup

So, I hear Donald Trump is now promising free college. Don’t bother explaining that that wasn’t really what he said, or why it is the best idea possible. I’m not interested in the Donald. What I’m interested in is this idea of free college.

Free education was an idea of the liberals, back when liberals stood for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. They had the idea — which was amiably passed on to me by my parents and grandparents — that you could educate anyone into … well… what they...