Woke

It’s been a cherished belief of progressives over the decades that you change the way we think, and in turn transform society, by changing the kind of language we use. This stretches back to a 1980s strand of feminism determined to jettison default masculine terms such as “chairman” and “headmaster” and replace them with gender-neutral equivalents. Then there are today’s hyper-liberals, who believe they can erase binary thinking on sex by introducing expressions such as “pregnant people” or forgo “he” and “she” altogether and substitute everywhere with “they.” Many radicals have imagined that linguistic revolution is essential to actual revolution. Unfortunately for these idealists, new research suggests that their faith has

One of the things I admire about Zohran Mamdani is his candor. You know where you stand with him. Mamdani, who was sworn in a few days ago by Senator Bernie Sanders as New York’s first Muslim mayor and also its first avowedly socialist mayor, makes no bones about his ambitions. He was elected as a “democratic socialist,” he said, and he intends to govern as one. “We will,” he said in the most commented upon phrase from his inauguration speech, “replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.” “The warmth of collectivism.” If you are not a political simpleton or a conniving totalitarian (or, as often happens, both), that phrase should

Woke language is used to browbeat ordinary people into submission, but research shows that it’s achieving the precise opposite

Politicians shouldn’t be allowed to turn the birthplace of liberty into its charnel house

His views are fast becoming the consensus, but people still find obscure reasons to oppose the man himself

States that reject the federal school-choice program protect teachers unions, not students

Time and again, ministry to the faithful took a back seat to left-wing orthodoxy

Anti-woke pundits are gearing up for a battle

Unless drastic action is taken, our universities will cease to serve us and our democracy

Trump has redirected the mighty regulatory powers of the civil-rights system against his political adversaries