Commentary What is political correctness? It’s a simple question with complicated answers. Long before political correctness entered the public lexicon, George Orwell noted that in a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. Or as Voltaire wisely put it, “To learn who rules over you, find out whom you are not allowed…
Hindering Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Thought, and Ultimately the Truth | Truth Over News
What is political correctness? It’s a simple question with complicated answers. Long before political correctness entered the public lexicon, George Orwell noted that in a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. Or as Voltaire wisely put it, “To learn who rules over you, find out whom you are not allowed to criticize.”…
Nuts for Winter: Education That Enriches People With More Than Just Skills
December 6, 2021
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Commentary I am a Conservative. Being conservative has very little to do with the political left or the political right. So let’s extricate conservatism from the left/right polarity and see it for what it really is: an attitude of mind that respects humanity but recognizes its limitations; that cautiously believes in progress but not just…
Chinese Power Cut at All Cost and Washington’s Political Correctness
Commentary A sudden nationwide power cut in China in late September is creating tremendous pressure for manufacturing industries and is inconvenient for people in the affected area. The Chinese authorities claim that a power shortage was the cause of the power cut. But through analysis, I believe the power cut was nothing but a political…
The New Victim of Cancel Culture: Science
Commentary Cancel culture has reared its ugly head once again, and this time in a new and unprecedented way. A lecture by a physicist was canceled at one of America’s premier institutions of science, MIT, for reasons having nothing to do with the subject of the lecture. The lecture was canceled not because of its…
CDC’s Mission Confusion
Commentary The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a guide last week for “Inclusive Communication,” cautioning against using words like prisoner, smoker, illegal immigrant, disabled, or homeless, which the agency says could imply blame or stigma. The guide’s opening line says, “We must confront the systems and policies that have resulted in the generational…
Why Not Call It Ferris Bueller’s Day Off?
Commentary A New Jersey school district has voted to eliminate ”the names of all religious and secular holidays from the school calendar … opting for the more generic description ‘Day Off.’” You can guess the reason. They used those increasingly popular words—“inclusive” and “equitable.” No more Christmas, Hanukkah, Memorial Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, or even…
The Case for Speaking Out
Commentary We all know speaking against the grain of political orthodoxy is daunting. Pressure to conform comes from all social and institutional corners, leaving many feeling like thought criminals going along to get along in an age of conformity. When friends, family, and even livelihoods hang in the balance, it often feels as though one…
Dispatches From the Asylum: On Satire in the Age of Political Correctness
Commentary We have often had occasion to remark on the melancholy state of affairs that the advance of political correctness has precipitated for the practice of satire. Satire depends for its effect on a certain distance between reality and the joke. That distance describes the space in which both humor and moral recognition may congregate….
Take Me Out of the Ballgame
April 5, 2021
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Commentary When the NFL decided not to punish players who kneeled during the pre-game national anthem, some fans reacted by refusing to attend games, buy league merchandise, or watch games on TV. It took several years for the NFL to win fans back and some—like me—broke the habit and never returned, in person, or on…
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