Gavin Newsom’s Struggle For Everyman Cred

If you’ve ever enjoyed the lark of visiting a museum dedicated to a single company—say, the Spam Museum (Austin, MN; five stars), the Dr. Pepper Museum and Free Enterprise Institute (Waco, TX; not recommended), or World of Coca-Cola (Atlanta)—you know well the slight embarrassment of having paid to be propagandized. You surrender the cost of entry and in return you are shown what amounts to corporate PR, a well-crafted version of the American success story emphasizing the genius of The Founder...