Category: woke

Young People Driving March Towards Orwellian Future Where Words Could Land People in Jail: Political Scientist

The bulk of the population needs to “wake up to the threat of cultural socialism” or face an Orwellian future where people could be sent to jail for refusing to accept the “dominant narrative” on issues like gender, according to a leading political scientist. Eric Kaufmann, professor of politics at Birkbeck College, University of London,…


Anarcho-Tyranny Unleashed in the United States

Commentary The terms anarchy and tyranny seem like they are in contradiction. Anarchy means no state. Tyranny means nothing but state. What possibly could anarcho-tyranny mean? It’s a phrase coined by the right-Hegelian political theorist Samuel Francis, whose dark worldview was never my cup of tea, to say the least. Even so, he was insightful,…


Who or What Encouraged Audrey Hale’s Transgenderism?

Commentary The cell phones were buzzing non-stop at our house on March 27. Who was this person? What motivated him or her? It was a “trans” person but because the police announcement was so cautious—probably correctly—no one was immediately sure, until very late, which way the transition had gone. Still, there are many unanswered, some…


DEI Director Ousted for Questioning Woke Policies

Dr. Tabia Lee, who was employed as director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) by De Anza College in California in August 2021, was laid off by the tenure review committee on March 7. District Chancellor Judy Miner stated that the reason for laying off Lee was that Lee was unable to cooperate with coworkers…


The Disinformation-Industrial Complex vs. Domestic Terror

Combating disinformation has been elevated to a national security imperative under the Biden administration, as codified in its first-of-its-kind National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism, published in June 2021. That document calls for confronting long-term contributors to domestic terrorism. In connection therewith, it cites as a key priority “addressing the extreme polarization, fueled by a…


The Problematic Rise of Media Literacy Education

New Jersey is enlisting public-school teachers and librarians to show children how to combat what it calls the grave threat of disinformation. “Our democracy remains under sustained attack through the proliferation of disinformation,” Gov. Phil Murphy said in signing the nation’s first law mandating “information literacy” instruction for all K-12 students. The law, which aims to provide students…


Poilievre Says He Will Stand Up to ‘Woke’ Corporations

OTTAWA—Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre levelled criticism at the “woke” movement and the corporations that have adopted the ideology to further their interests at a conference on March 23. “This is Woke Inc. It’s about large corporations in regulated oligopolies winning political favour by throwing around politically correct statements, and advancing an agenda that makes…


Are We the Byzantines?

Commentary When Constantinople finally fell to the Ottomans on Tuesday, May 29, 1453, the Byzantine Empire and its capital had up to that point survived for 1,000 years beyond the fall of the Western Empire at Rome. Always outnumbered in a sea of enemies, the Byzantines’ survival had depended on its realist diplomacy of dividing…


Museums Are ‘Colonial’ and Need Re-Focus on ‘Diversity and Inclusion’: Federal Guide

The Heritage Department says that museums are “colonial institutions” that need to re-focus on issues such as climate change and “diversity and inclusion” to address withering interest. The department released a paper on March 14 to guide public consultations on the renewal of the Canadian Museum Policy that was last updated in 1990, as flagged…


Biden Admin’s Banking Busts

Commentary The failure of three banks in the last two weeks, including Silicon Valley Bank on Friday and Signature Bank on Sunday, is a saga of utter government incompetence. Call these bank collapses Biden administration’s Banking Busts. The Biden administration has been obsessing on woke causes while banks teeter toward insolvency. Three days before Silicon…