Commentary Cancel culture is one of the most unlovely of the radical left’s contributions to our society. It’s currently rampant, and its reach is limitless; even the great philosopher David Hume’s name has been removed from a University of Edinburgh building because of alleged racism. And we can be sure that many more giants of our culture will soon enough be cancelled because the past offers any number of further victims—precisely because it’s the past. Hume died in Edinburgh in 1776. It only takes a moment’s reflection on the conditions of life in those times to understand how foolish it is to ransack history looking for racists. Throughout Hume’s life the steam engine, the internal combustion engine, and aviation were all in the distant future. Transport was at best by horse, but for most by foot. How much of the world and its cultures did most people see at that …