“Cancel culture” is a double entendre of the dangerous kind. It is not just about canceling individuals or entities who offend leftist activists and their myopic group of minions; it is about fundamentally canceling America. The rabid Left is actively…
Trader Joe’s has responded to backlash over product names by announcing it will change its branding. A circulated petition alleged that Trader Joe’s product names were offensive and contributed to “exoticism.” The controversy stems from Trader Joe’s naming its products…
In a snapshot, nothing captures the fascist and racist nature of the “cancel culture” better than the recent attempt to take down the Hispanic boss of a Hispanic-founded company that began by catering to American Hispanics — and went on…
Bari Weiss was not the first victim of “cancel culture,” and certainly she will not be the last, but her exit from the opinion pages of the New York Times has finally focused national attention on the steadily increasing toll…
Jody Rosen, contributor to the New York Times Magazine, wrote an article yesterday in the Los Angeles Times calling Americans to abandon the “Star-Spangled Banner” for a less-offensive national anthem. Rosen said the poem by Francis Scott Key, who wrote…
Writers and intellectuals from across the political spectrum signed an open letter in Harper’s Magazine calling for civility and open discourse, published Tuesday. Signatories of the letter include J. K. Rowling, Noah Chomsky, Margaret Atwood, Gloria Steinem, Bari Wiess, and…
If guilt were a vat of acid, then Western civilization is something that readily dissolves in acid. Maybe acidic guilt is what dissolves all civilizations. Or maybe the key is statues. Rome had lots of statues. It lasted 1,000 years….
Propagandists actively work to silence any speech at odds with their view that trans people’s identities are innate. This week, Amazon partook in the muzzling by silencing advertisements for a book that “explores the idea that trans-identification has become a…
On Monday, NBCUniversal announced that they were pulling four episodes of Tina Fey’s 30 Rock that featured characters in blackface. Fey apologized in a statement, stating “ ‘intent’ is not a free pass for white people to use these images.”…
