Commentary While President Biden and local officials keep talking about causes for the rise in crime in our major cities, proposing “solutions” that have failed in the past, like former President Bill Clinton’s Midnight Basketball idea, the real reason for its escalation is deeper than what we see on the surface. The president’s proposals delivered in New York City last week are more window dressing. As with similar ideas in the past, Biden’s will do little to reduce crime. He talked about “gun violence” and hiring people to conduct “violence intervention” and predictably, more spending. His purpose seems aimed at duping the public into believing he’s serious about reducing violent crime, which has risen substantially on his watch. It is not all, or even mainly, the president’s fault, though he contributes to the problem by his indifference to the massive lawbreaking at our southern border. Since the tumultuous ’60s, we have been reaping a moral …