Commentary: Americans are increasingly unwilling to listen to the 'elites' who know what they're talking about
Americans increasingly deride experts, and reject expert advice because we equate expertise with elitism and snobbery. And yet we're lucky to live among them, even if we only tend to appreciate their advice when something goes wrong, at which point we have no choice but to depend on their knowledge.
The day after Christmas, I was standing in the rubble of what had once been my family room, looking up through a burned hole in the ceiling into my living room. I was in shock, as people
