The deification of billionaires

Sunday column

Your childhood struggles can be formative.

We had so much money at times we couldn't even close our safe, said Elon Musk of the challenges of growing up in a family that owned an emerald mine.

He has been saying he wants to buy Twitter to save free speech. But could it be simpler than that? Is it just getting hard to close the safe again?

No. He means it. …