How the GOP blew it on the minimum wage

Does America have a functional center-right political party? There's cause for doubt. For starters, the GOP frontrunner is Donald Trump, a candidate with apparently near-zero grasp of public policy or understanding of the core values that made America great. OK, that's an obvious one. Another piece of evidence is the growing success of the progressive Democrat "Fight for 15" movement to increase the minimum wage. Already the Democratic Party platform calls for a $15-per-hour national minimum. An...