Confessions of a Conservative Atheist
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It was inevitable that the cult of victimhood would go royal, but, wow, what a way to make it so in a single interview with Oprah. Trapped in the palace? Unprotected? Alone? Suicidal? Charges of racism? Powers aligned against them? No royal title for their kids? If only we could all be so lucky with… Continue reading Harry and Meghan: Tears of a Prince and Princess
Progress can only be measured by a comparison to the past. If we erase the past that doesn’t measure up, we live in a perpetual present where no one can possibly measure up and no legacy can be safe. We should all readily agree that Dr. Seuss’s canon contains images and verbiage that are shocking… Continue reading Dr. Seuss: The irony of progress and the slippery slope of social justice
The woke army marches into classrooms with a new guide on “Deconstructing Racism in Mathematics Instruction,” urging teachers to pursue an “ethnomathematics” to return math to its proper “cultural ways of being.” Once again, a ridiculous 22-year old paper casts a long shadow... “These common practices that perpetuate white supremacy culture create and sustain institutional… Continue reading Math, yes, math, as in adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing, is racist now too
Trust the art, not the artist. Buffy and Angel remain great shows despite their creator not living up to the feminist principles he espoused. Neither art nor people are politics, and we should be careful to avoid confusing the one with the other, lest there is no more acceptable art in the world. Joss Whedon… Continue reading Joss Whedon: Resisting the urge to re-evaluate everything
From Madonna to Mr. Potato Head, Coca-Cola to The Bachelor with our education system in between, woke culture was on the march last week. Submit, be cancelled, or rebel? “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and take a look around every once in a while, you might miss it.” Ferris Bueller was referring… Continue reading The woke have one wild week
Woke culture will not rest until all evidence of Western culture is erased, and not even the greatest writer in the known universe is safe. A new movement aims to eliminate Shakespeare from classrooms to focus on diverse voices, completely upending the nature of genius in favor of identity politics, but what else is new?… Continue reading Cancel William Shakespeare?
French President Emmanuel Macron, backed by French intellectuals, rejects woke culture while in a single week in the United States a journalist is forced out from The New York Times, an actress is fired from Star Wars, and even a contestant on The Bachelor is under attack. Racism is everywhere in the mind’s of the… Continue reading World War Woke
From predatory policing to cancel culture with a touch of schadenfreude, a few lessons from the revelation of the rock legend’s DUI last year. What kind of world are we living in? Yesterday, the news broke that bonafide music legend, Bruce Springsteen, was arrested in November for suspicion of DUI, reckless driving, and consuming alcohol… Continue reading Cancel Bruce Springsteen?
In an ironic twist, the woke community demands that a show about karate include more Asians doing karate. Isn’t that a massive stereotype and aren’t stereotypes bad? Or are they only bad in some cases? Consider it an axiom of woke culture: If something becomes popular, however fun, charming, or diverse, it will come under… Continue reading Cobra Kai: The woke warriors take a swing at Netflix’s hit show over representation, urge writers to “learn” and undo the “damage”
From the content of our characters, to the importance of non-violent protest, to the government’s continued abuses of power, MLK still offers a lot to consider while heading deeper into the second century of the new millennium and our increasingly woke culture. At the risk of being a white person commenting on a revered black… Continue reading Martin Luther King: Five things to think about as we honor a remarkable legacy
Confessions of a Conservative Atheist 