the very face of cryptofascism today

What to do with an art critic full of hot air?  Ed Winkleman first defends himself, but then can't help but try and reason with the guy; Geoff Edgers just deflates him.  I like both.  As to the underlying issue, no doubt some ambiguity between being engagé and conflicted can exist; but allowances made for the great during different times can't be expected to apply to those who toil in today's workaday world.  Another solution is possible, of course, for those who, like our protesting critic, want to preserve a certain coziness: never rise to a level at which responsibility is expected of one.  That, at any rate, seems to be his solution.