Political Correctness

On Thursday, parents in Fairfax County, Va., one of the country's largest school districts, got a disturbing email.

A day does not go by without news of some skirmish in the fierce ongoing battle to determine whether colleges and universities will hold fast to academic freedom and intellectual diversity as the catalysts of progress.

Organized and conscientious parents voted in new board members committed to resisting left-wing indoctrination with landslides of nearly 70 percent.

Now that a new class of high school students has been accepted to college, many parents will need to face the Great American College Con.

Earlier this month, in an alarming development, dozens of CEOs gathered for a strategy session to discuss how they might use their power to influence voting legislation.

Conversations with parents, students and teachers reveal that even self-described liberals and lifelong Democrats are extremely alarmed by what they see as dogmatic classroom activism and outright discrimination.

However dangerous the foreign challenges are, however, they pale in comparison with the domestic threats to American civilization.

The rising tide of crimes against Asian Americans has motivated many to engage in political activism. However, politically active Asian Americans have bifurcated into two camps: woke elites and everyone else.

Emphasizing impact over intention can make sense in many situations. However, it can also have deleterious effects, including the perpetuation of racism.

"Harm" has become an almost ubiquitous term in social justice circles, mainly because of how broadly activists apply it.

There are five tactical reasons that businesses—including companies that have come out against Georgia's election law—should rethink their highly publicized, and potentially costly, forays into politics.

Despite the idiotic excesses of contemporary "cancel culture," the emotional impulse behind it is nothing new.

When I joined the Marine Corps, I was thrust into a strange new environment in which I was surrounded by people who held attitudes, beliefs and ideologies very different from my own.

We all know what that means: any dissension on any issue that Biden-appointed top brass says is racist, sexist or homophobic will not be tolerated.

Raging combatants in today's battles over "cancel culture" should consider the successful resolution of similar controversies in in the past.

The dean of Georgetown's law school sent a chilling message: if you are to participate in any discussion regarding grades and race, you must express the politically correct view of the matter.

We should acknowledge the shortcomings and misguided policies of all leaders, but remembering their social and political contexts, we should provide a balanced assessment of their actions.

There's a national movement to remove SAT and ACT test scores from consideration for college admissions.

Labor problems and class differences persist unaddressed while well-educated, white-collar workers focus on problems that are easier for their bosses to pretend to fix.

Woke corporations in America today think they can fire employees for their politics without legal liability. They're mistaken.

Cancel culture activists have come for Dr. Seuss, who they deem a racist despite the fact that his books were undoubtedly woke for their time.

Today's cancel culture, just as with the totalitarian regime in the country of my birth, ruthlessly doles out disproportionate retribution for the crime of dissent.

Notably, President Trump's landmark executive order on anti-Semitism has been scrubbed from the Biden White House's website.

Despite challenges, courts have routinely noted the Constitution's approval of legislative prayers—by chaplains, volunteers and even elected officials.

Targeting the views and supporters of a presidential administration may be a new tactic for the Left, but stifling the views and thoughts of opponents isn't.

Liberal censoriousness and scorn frequently seems like a mute button to those who already feel unheard.

Word-policing, even in documents few will ever read, forces a position under the guise of inclusivity.

CBS thinks this is evolved casting, but its statement suggests it views minorities as props to signal virtue.

Part one of a two-part series: structural racism, white privilege and patriarchy.

Allowing a university department to impose its collective beliefs on all professors and students is a core violation of academic freedom. It threatens freedom of speech and conscience.