RESURGENT POPULISM and the fate of America's elites.

In normal modern societies, the ruling class, despite their individual personal failings, has symbolized empathy, ability, learning, and good judgment. But America no longer has a normal society as the unchecked egocentricity and cowardice of the elites is the indisputable sign that this nation is mired in mediocrity.

America's elites should remember how the French Revolution began....