Maybe Ted Cruz had a point (albeit a politically ill-advised one) about “New York values.” The Republican presidential middle-runner was in the Bronx yesterday, and New York did not exactly distinguish itself.

(For readers unfamiliar with our state’s geography, the Bronx is a “borough”—a subdivision of New York City—and is, paradoxically, both within the city and on the U.S. mainland.)

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