political correctness

Hillary Clinton’s recent article at The Atlantic curiously bears exactly the same title as my own recent book, “The Weaponization of Loneliness.” Her piece has generated much criticism from conservatives—and deservedly so. But what neither…

“God, it was awful. The woke cherry on top of a brutally woke day. First, I sat in traffic behind a woke electric car. Then, I had to go to my woke corporate job, had a woke Panera Bread sandwich for lunch, sat in woke traffic on the way to…

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2noJxJsCLQ?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&w=500&h=281] As with classic films like “Gone with the Wind” and Disney’s “Dumbo,” video games now apparently need to include sensitivity disclaimers so…

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q-dTXFZnv0?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&w=500&h=281] Since gaming’s inception, players have been modifying their games to improve the experience or tailor it to their own needs. For some games…

In 2005, Capcom released “Resident Evil 4,” and gaming was never the same. The fourth installment of the long-running horror franchise was instantly recognized as a classic and pioneered many of the tropes, mechanics, and story beats…

Outrage ensued after Tiger Woods, arguably the world’s greatest golfer, apparently outdrove fellow pro golfer and friend Justin Thomas, then handed Thomas an object that evoked immediate laughter from both as they strolled down the fairway…

Ever since the Philadelphia Flyers’ Ivan Provorov declined to wear a rainbow jersey on “Pride Night” and cited his Orthodox Christian faith as the reason why, the performative outrage from the sports media has been… well, no different than…

Joyce Carol Oates is a fixture in American letters — she’s won the National Book Award, two O. Henry Awards, the National Humanities Medal, the Jerusalem Prize, and she’s been nominated for the Pulitzer five times. She taught at Princeton…

The following is a transcript of my radar from Wednesday’s edition of “Rising” on Hill TV. Over the summer, we talked here about the tyranny of jargon, about the immediate real-world consequences of political correctness. Nobody…