Prattle, a Shakespearean Version of Wordle, Won't Let You Guess 'Slave'
"This anti-free speech, anti-intellectual, anti-common-sense action deserves all the scorn it can get," says Roy Thomas, former editor in chief of Marvel Comics.
Political Correctness
Stop Spazzing Out About 'Spaz'
Social media, streaming, and a new era of digital self-censorship
Andrew Doyle: How the 'New Puritans' Created a 'Frenzy of Conformity'
The journalist and comedian makes the case that "new puritans" espousing the religion of social justice have captured the Western world.
How Woke Mobs Ruined Everything and What To Do About It
Andrew Doyle on the "new puritans" and their godawful religion of social justice.
Michael Shermer: How Scientific American Got Woke
The science writer and journalist talks identity politics, wokeness, trans athletes, and why his goal is to find out what is true rather than to "be right."
Beyoncé, Under Fire for Using an 'Ableist Slur,' Chooses Self-Censorship
"Spazzing on that ass" does nothing whatsoever to harm people with cerebral palsy.
John Cleese's War on Wokeism
The Monty Python legend says political correctness is ruining creativity in all aspects of human activity.
John Cleese: Wokeism Is the Enemy of Comedy—and Creativity
The Monty Python legend says political correctness poisons thinking in all areas of human activity.
Noah Rothman: The Progressive War on Fun
A conservative argues today's left is channeling Puritan theocrats when they try to prevent us from enjoying ourselves. Is he correct?
What The New York Times Didn't Say About Crypto Firm Kraken's Culture War
An explosive Times report alleged that Kraken CEO Jesse Powell created a "hateful workplace," leading to an employee exodus. Is that what really happened?
American Journalism's Most Successful Politician To Step Down From Running The New York Times
Dean Baquet played a leading role in two of modern journalism's turns for the worse.
Mike Solana: 'Thought Crime' Is Essential to Progress
The Founders Fund vice president and Pirate Wires author on supporting heretics as a means of social and economic innovation.
The Second Great Age of Political Correctness
The P.C. culture of the '80s and '90s didn't decline and fall. It just went underground. Now it's back.
John McWhorter: 'Woke Racism' Has Betrayed Black America
Forget Robin DiAngelo, Ibram X. Kendi, and The 1619 Project. Start with ending the drug war, says the Columbia University linguist.
The American Medical Association Would Like Doctors To Use Woke Jargon
A new report commits a bunch of familiar sins.
John McWhorter: How To Defeat 'Woke Racism'
The New York Times columnist and Columbia University linguist on the "new religion" he says has "betrayed Black America."
Netflix Staff Apparently Unaware That Dave Chappelle's Comedy Special Would Include Jokes
No one is safe from Chappelle's jokes—but also, everyone is safe from Chappelle's jokes.
Chloe Valdary: How Kendrick Lamar and The Lion King Can Help Close the Racial Divide
Forget Robin DiAngelo and White Fragility. Theory of Enchantment uses popular culture to make workplaces more inclusive and welcoming.
Libertarian History/Philosophy
Dave Smith on Big Tech Censorship, Lockdowns, and Running for President
The comedian and podcaster talks about running for the Libertarian Party presidential nomination and his beef with Reason.
New Campaign Against 'Woke Companies' Slams Them for Not Being Woke Enough
Plus: DOJ ditches bid to unmask Devin Nunes parody account, a fight for food truck freedom in Florida, and more...
John McWhorter on Cursing, Anti-Racism, and Why 'We Need to Stop Being So Afraid'
Columbia University linguist John McWhorter on "anti-racism" as a new, misguided civic religion and his new book on curses, Nine Nasty Words.
Basecamp Becomes the Latest Tech Company To Ban Talking Politics at Work
Silence isn't violence, and recusing your company from political discourse, as Basecamp and Coinbase have done, is a perfectly valid line to draw.
Why the Conservative War on Woke Capital Is Doomed To Fail
It will be coopted by regulation-loving progressives who oppose capitalism, not wokeness.
Melissa Chen on Fighting Wokeness at Home and Radicalism Abroad
The journalist and free-speech activist says identity politics are destroying the media, higher education, and Hollywood.
Conservative Economic Nationalism Is Not as Popular as People Think
Even supporters of Donald Trump think foreign trade and free markets are good for America.
Melissa Chen: "Ideas Have Consequences. So Does Silence."
The Singapore-born journalist and free-speech activist says identity politics are destroying the media, higher ed, and Hollywood.
Conor Friedersdorf: Stand Against Left-Wing and Right-Wing P.C.
The Atlantic writer says that illiberalism and the urge to shut down debate need to be confronted across the political spectrum.
San Francisco Residents Balk at Decision To Scrub Lincoln, Washington, Feinstein from School Names
Plus: Smoking rates stop falling, ACLU defends man banned from library over Trump poem, and more...
Glenn Greenwald on Biden, Free Speech, and Leaving The Intercept
There’s no journalist more relentlessly iconoclastic than Greenwald, who won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on the Snowden revelations.
Glenn Greenwald: Nothing Trump Did Compares to the 'Moral Evil' of Bush's and Obama's Wars
The Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist on Joe Biden, free speech, and leaving The Intercept for Substack.
If Amy Coney Barrett Has To Apologize for Saying Sexual 'Preference,' Does Joe Biden?
Sens. Mazie Hirono and Cory Booker both criticized the Supreme Court nominee for saying "preference" instead of "orientation."
Science Denialism on the Left: Sex, Gender, and Trans Identity
In The End of Gender, Debra Soh stands up for impartial research—and for LGBTQ rights.
Rocker Nick Cave: Cancel Culture Is 'Bad Religion Run Amuck'
'Political correctness has grown to become the unhappiest religion in the world.'
Greg Gutfeld: 'Impulse Control or Lack Thereof Is a Huge Deal Right Now'
The Fox News host explains his new self-help book The Plus, the upside of quarantine, and why he thinks Donald Trump will be reelected.
Diversity Training Isn't Just Expensive, It's Counterproductive
"Well-intentioned efforts to celebrate diversity may in fact reinforce racial stereotyping," say two Carleton College faculty.
'Cancel Culture' at U.S. Colleges Not Getting Worse, Say Liberal Professors. Conservative Colleagues Disagree.
Plus: Georgia makes it a hate crime to damage police property, SCOTUS denies relief to prisoners, Trump escalates war on Chinese apps, study casts doubt on "diversity training," coronavirus in schools, and more…
Trump Urges Floridians To Vote by Mail While Suing Over Remote Voting in Nevada
Plus: Tuesday primary results, TikTok may move to London, polls show growing distrust in media, and more...
Kindergarten Cop Is Canceled, Likened to Birth of a Nation
Portland's Northwest Film Center pulls film from summer drive-in schedule after critics say it promotes "school-to-prison pipeline."
Jonathan Rauch on Cancel Culture and the 'Unending Battle' for Free Speech
"The idea that wrongheaded, dangerous, heretical, and blasphemous ideas should be not only allowed but protected is preposterous," says Rauch. And yet, it's "the single most successful social principle ever invented."
Boeing Exec Resigns Over 1987 Article Arguing Against Women in Combat
In woke corporate America, there's no statute of limitations on wrongthink.
How Non-Existent Cancel Culture Works at Princeton and Elsewhere
When a university president threatens a professor with consequences for writing an article, free expression loses out.
Wesley Yang: Woke Protests Against 'White Supremacism' May Be the New Normal
The Souls of Yellow Folk author says a new "elite consensus" fixated on racial outrage is forming and may destroy our ability to function.
Let's Stop Talking About Free Speech and Start Defending It
Don't lock down expression along with so much else of American society.
Indiana University Professor Apologizes for Triggering Medical Students With 'I Can't Breathe' Exam Question
"We understand that the context in which this phrase was used resulted in a very painful trigger for many of you."
Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal on Left-Wing Cancel Culture
The heterodox hosts of the popular Blocked and Reported podcast talk about surviving internet outrage, the roots of speech repression, and the power of direct financial support from fans.
Dave Chappelle's '8:46' Expresses Righteous Rage Over George Floyd's Murder
The comedian expresses rage over police brutality while offering optimism for a better world.
The United Nations Wants You To Stop Saying Gendered Words
"Humankind" instead of "mankind," "salesperson" instead of "salesman," and so on
Alaskan School District Gets Rid of The Great Gatsby, 4 Other 'Controversial' Books
The Mat-Su School Board evidently doesn't understand the purpose of a school.