It’s not often that you encounter a politically and cultural left-of-center person who makes no apologies for his or her elitism. Michael Wolff, the iconoclastic columnist and author who may have more enemies than Bill O’Reilly, comes to mind. Usually, though, when someone’s accused of such leanings, he or she will protest, claiming that such a charge is downright outrageous. After all, the person inevitably points out, I contribute money to homeless shelters, mentor urban school children, might buy an electric car, vigorously support a government “safety net” for America’s disadvantaged and cherish the First Amendment, even if it means that Fox News is allowed to spew its venomous racism, Xenophobia and sexism 24 hours a day.
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