There’s a cancer growing on the right—a small but loud faction I call the "woke right." They scream hate and call it courage. They mistake shock value for strength. And if we’re not careful, they’ll ...

Democrats won governorships in Virginia and New Jersey, and democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani won the race to become the next mayor of New York. Democrats also swept judicial races in Pennsylvania, ...

A Wisconsin mother and conservative activist has won a free speech case after being sued for defamation over social media posts criticizing her school district’s "woke" priorities. Scarlett Johnson, a ...

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Organized crime in America is fairly fixed in its geographical associations, not counting the Corleones of Long Island. Chicago has The Outfit. New England the Patriarcas. New York the fabled Five ...

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Language policing. Cancel culture. Victimhood contests and cultural grievances. Despite attacking the left for partaking in such practices, there’s an emerging set of individuals on the right who have ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Netflix recently released “Boots,” a series about a gay teen who enlists as a Marine in the 1990s The Pentagon ...

Crispin Sartwell retired as a philosophy professor in 2023. His most recent book is “Beauty: A Quick Immersion.” It didn’t take long for professors to point out that the right-wing wave of ...

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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The term “woke” originated in Black culture as awareness about racism and injustice, with roots traced to Marcus ...

The expression “stay woke” started out as an affirmation for African Americans. In the past decade it has been used by some Republicans — and some Democrats — as a pejorative for people thought to be ...