FCC Chairman Brendan Carr’s emphasis on broadcast license accountability has revived a difficult but important debate over media bias, press freedom, and the limits of federal regulation. The central challenge is distinguishing legitimate oversight of public airwaves from partisan attempts to police political content.

Democrats have reason to worry about erosion among young and Hispanic voters, but those groups are not permanently lost. Their eventual loyalty will depend less on slogans than on whether either party can offer competence, affordability, and a serious respect for family, work, and civic order.