SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — Several years ago, Jim Hightower, a witty former Texas agricultural commissioner who sometimes bills himself as “America’s Favorite Populist,” gave a speech in Southfield, a major Detroit suburb, and I was asked to introduce him. Mr. Hightower, one of the last Democrats to win statewide office in Texas, told me he asked a waitress that morning if she knew about all the new jobs the economy was supposedly creating.

“Yeah,” she said. “I’ve got three of ’em, and still can’t make ends meet.”

I remembered that this week while reading, or actually listening to, Kamala Harris’ long-anticipated book on last year’s campaign, 107 Days (Simon and Schuster, list price $30.)

The book was published last week, and it was mostly panned by the critics, who felt she didn’t own up to h

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