Disney’s New ‘Little Mermaid’ Swaps Wisdom For Wokeness
Folklore, Hans Christian Andersen, and corporate race commodification.
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Male Helplessness and Female Power: Netflix’s Abrasive ‘Diplomat’
The challenge of crafting a feminist heroine.
Jordan Neely Was Not a Victim of White Supremacy – Nor of Lack of Services
The leftists celebrating Neely wield a weapon that will hurt more like him.
Thoughts on the Woke ‘Camelot’
“I Mourned the Loss of Magic.”
Final Grades
A teacher’s thoughts on the last day.
What Leftists Are Saying About Trans Extremism
Part One: What is trans extremism, and what is it doing?
How a New Netflix Rom-Com Advances the Revolution
‘You People’ is about stereotypes, not people.
A Past Conversation Haunts Me
Friends pressured me to speak as they do.
Avatar: The Way of Water
Does James Cameron’s anti-Western epic hold water?
For Steven, Who Failed the Class
A teacher remembers a former student.
‘Christmas’ Lights or ‘Holiday’ Lights?
I never had kids and when I look at Facebook friends’ photos of their own I realize that that’s probably a good thing. I am a graduate of the school of hard
The Witch Craze: Fact or Fiction?
“From ghoulies and ghosties And long-leggedy beasties And things that go bump in the night, Good Lord, deliver us!” So runs a
Birdwatching is Racist, Imperialist, and Homophobic
On September 27, 2021, David Sibley, a birdwatching celebrity, posted the following on his Facebook page. “The outdoors is for *everyone* and has felt unsafe
‘Fault Lines’: New Bestseller Exposes Critical Race Theory’s Danger
Fault Lines: The Social Justice Movement and Evangelicalism’s Looming Catastrophe by Dr. Voddie T. Baucham, Jr., is the number one bestseller in its category
A Bird By Any Other Name is a Thought Crime
The Black Lives Matter movement and Critical Race Theory are powerful, seductive, and glamorous. They generate abundant capital, financial and social. As
Woke Vampires Want to Drink Your Pain
I was born fat, and I’ve been fat all my life. I was my mother’s ninth pregnancy. She was an immigrant, often working two full-time jobs as a factory worker
Tears We Must Not Cry, Atrocities We Must Not Witness, Solutions We Must Not Grasp
Every time I look at Mohammad Anwar’s photo, I cry. I’ve not read his bio on the web. I can’t find his bio on the web. The Wikipedia page devoted to Anwar is
Woke Economics, Psychology, Mythology, and Etiquette
The rough beast slouching toward Bethlehem is Woke. Gallup reported on March 29, 2021 that for the first time Americans with no affiliation to any house of
Suffering, Compassion, Tribalism, and the Left
“What’s the Matter with Kansas?” a 2004 bestseller asked. Thomas Frank’s book addressed why low-income whites vote Republican, “against their economic self-
As a ‘Person of Color,’ I Received a COVID-19 Vaccine Easily and Quickly
How do you feel about set-asides for minority identities? Scholarships, employment opportunities, contracts for government jobs, slots at elite colleges like
Bridgerton’s Dilemma
Netflix premiered Bridgerton on Christmas Day, 2020. Shonda Rhimes’ Shondaland company produced the series. Bridgerton is based on bestselling author Julia
Yearning for a Believers’ Christmas
Toward the end of 2020, a difficult year for many, I found myself feeling something I’d never felt before. I yearned for a believers’ Christmas. By “believer”
How the Christian Revolution Remade the World
If you don’t have time to read my review of Tom Holland’s Dominion, here it is in three words: Read this book. A few more words: Buy this book, give this book
The American Narrative is Being Re-Written
I wended my way up the Walgreens greeting card aisle. I stopped dead in my tracks. A card featured a cartoon image of a white man with a mullet
Do Democrats Understand What They Are Supporting?
Leftist friends shared a meme on Facebook during the August 24-27 Republican National Convention. The meme appears on many Facebook pages, including that of “