My new book is out! You can order here: In The Camp of Angels of Freedom: What Does It Mean to Be Educated? Grifters, con artists, and sleight-of-hand entrepreneurs come in all ages, classes, genders, and colors. My subject today is the grifters born into ideal circumstances for learning the type of charm that makes people feel that your smile grants them access to excellence. I’m talking about the young, white, privileged, headline-making variety, whose exploits definitely call the question that is my new book’s subtitle: what