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  • Neil Young and the ’60s Cancel Culture That Continues to Haunt Us

    Neil Young and the ’60s Cancel Culture That Continues to Haunt Us0

    The “Godfather of Grunge,” ’60s rock star Neil Young, seems to be making a comeback lately, at least in news headlines. The Grammy award-winning musician made waves when he threatened to remove—eventually doing so—his music from the streaming service Spotify, because of that company’s continued hosting of Joe Rogan’s podcast. Young disagreed with recent Rogan

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  • How Racism Became the Worst Possible Sin

    How Racism Became the Worst Possible Sin0

    Given cancel culture’s daily attacks on anyone and everyone who exhibits the slightest deviation from anti-racist norms, one suspects it was calumny that gave up the ghost and handed over the title of Worst Sin Ever. The new title holder is the fuzzily conceived concept that the slightest hint of discrimination, mockery, or even simple

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  • Why the Middle Ground Between Left and Right Is so Elusive

    Why the Middle Ground Between Left and Right Is so Elusive0

    “I really wish this country would come into the middle,” Trump lawyer Michael van der Veen remarked on Fox News last month. “It’s so polarized on the Left and on the Right.” Van der Veen is not alone in this desire, expressed shortly after Trump’s second impeachment acquittal. Many commentators have noted that the country is “polarized”

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  • Reason Can’t Prevail Against an Irrational Opposition

    Reason Can’t Prevail Against an Irrational Opposition0

    “Mandalorian” star Gina Carano made headlines this week when she was fired from Disney. Her crime? Authoring a social media post comparing the censorship of conservatives to Nazi persecution. Disney’s decision set off a salvo of justified attacks on the company. But while the self-righteous anger is gratifying to fans both of Carano’s acting and

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