James Gunn's The Suicide Squad Is a Movie About Being Canceled (by a Giant Starfish Monster)
The most subversive thing about the movie is that the director was allowed to make it at all.
Cancel Culture
Chloe Valdary: How Kendrick Lamar and The Lion King Can Help Close the Racial Divide
Forget Robin DiAngelo and White Fragility. Theory of Enchantment uses popular culture to make workplaces more inclusive and welcoming.
Libertarian History/Philosophy
Dave Smith on Big Tech Censorship, Lockdowns, and Running for President
The comedian and podcaster talks about running for the Libertarian Party presidential nomination and his beef with Reason.
Dave Smith: Libertarians vs. Big Tech, Big Government, and…Other Libertarians
The popular podcaster and comedian on the future of the Libertarian Party, his vaccine hesitancy, and fighting the culture war
Abigail Shrier: Trans Activists, Cancel Culture, and the Future of Free Expression
The Irreversible Damage author talks about getting deplatformed from Target and her support for gender-reassignment interventions.
GB News Stands Up to U.K. Cancel Culture and Wins
Advertisers found that appeasing an illiberal mob wasn’t a safe choice after all.
Colombia's Anti-Imperialists Import Cancel Culture
The rent-seekers' rebellion has achieved little beyond dispelling the Marxist notion of class struggle.
A Composer Condemned Arson. Now No One Will Hire Him.
"I chose to be that guy who didn't issue the apology," says Daniel Elder. "Things went from there and it wasn't good."
Why Millennials Hate Free Speech and What To Do About It
The creator of ultra-woke poet Titania McGrath makes the case against cancel culture.
Wittgenstein vs. the Woke
A generation of activists has imbued words and sounds with superstition.
Andrew Doyle: Free Speech and Why It Matters
The creator of Titania McGrath on cancel culture, government overreach, and younger generations' willingness to censor
New Campaign Against 'Woke Companies' Slams Them for Not Being Woke Enough
Plus: DOJ ditches bid to unmask Devin Nunes parody account, a fight for food truck freedom in Florida, and more...
John McWhorter: 'The Idea That America Is All About Despising Black People? That's Fantasy.'
The Columbia linguist discusses his new book Nine Nasty Words and dismisses the ideological excesses of the 'anti-racism' movement.
By Canceling Richard Dawkins, the American Humanist Association Has Betrayed Its Values
The drive to punish dissenters from various orthodoxies is itself illiberal.
Conservatives Embrace Their Own 'Wokeness' With Attacks on Private Businesses
Remember when Republicans believed private businesses had a right to exercise free speech?
A Professor Pushed Back Against 'White Fragility' Training. The College Investigated Her for 9 Months.
The chaos at Lake Washington Institute of Technology is by no means an isolated occurrence.
Melissa Chen on Fighting Wokeness at Home and Radicalism Abroad
The journalist and free-speech activist says identity politics are destroying the media, higher education, and Hollywood.
When Cancel Culture Comes for the Person With the Pitchfork
The leader of the mob follows the victim to the gallows.
Melissa Chen: "Ideas Have Consequences. So Does Silence."
The Singapore-born journalist and free-speech activist says identity politics are destroying the media, higher ed, and Hollywood.
Government is Still the Biggest Threat to Free Speech
When Amazon won't sell your book, you can head to Barnes & Noble. When government cancels your expression, there's nowhere left to go.
Government Censorship Is the Worst Cancel Culture of All
Politicians on the right and the left are coming for your free speech.
What Have We Done?
On the largest spending bill in U.S. history and the one year anniversary of life under coronavirus.
Why Dr. Seuss Is Worth Defending
Banishing him from library shelves is a slippery slope.
Woke Excess Causes Minority Voters To Flee the Democratic Party
The cultural views of elite white liberals are not popular with many minorities.
Dr. Seuss Is Canceled
President Biden did not mention the famed author in his Read Across America Day speech.
On Elite Campuses Like Smith College, Woke Students Have All the Power
Plus: Neera Tanden under siege, drama at CPAC, and more...
Tennessee Republicans Call on University Presidents To Punish Student-Athletes for Kneeling
These demands obviously violate the First Amendment.
It's Neither Sexist Nor Racist To Oppose Neera Tanden for OMB
Plus: Another journalist fired after disagreeing with woke orthodoxy, U.S. COVID death toll passes 500,000 mark, and more...
Americans' Lust To 'Cancel' One Another Should Spark Soul Searching
It's the result of our overly politicized culture where many people like to shame and destroy their enemies, but it is undermining the benefits of free and open dialogue.
The Bachelor's Chris Harrison Was Canceled for Criticizing Cancel Culture
After a backlash, the host of the ABC dating show said he would step aside.
Remember Bean Dad? Child Protective Services Was Called to Check on His Daughter
"They were just doing their jobs."
Disney Cancels The Mandalorian Star Gina Carano Over Provocative Social Media Posts
If over-the-top statements likening one's political opponents to Nazis are grounds for firing, Hollywood is in trouble.
The Guardian Fired Columnist Nathan Robinson After a Joke Tweet About Military Aid to Israel
The tweet was neither anti-Semitic nor "fake news."
Grant McCracken: The New Honor Code vs. Radical Wokeism
The anthropologist and brand consultant explains why we need fewer blanket accusations of racism and more mutual respect and compassion.
Cancel Culture Comes for Will Wilkinson
The Niskanen Center fired a senior staffer for tweeting an offensive joke about Mike Pence, and hypocrisies abound.
The Capitol Rioters Were a Right-Wing Cancel Mob
Instead of coming for campus speakers, they came for the symbolic heart of democratic self-governance.
Bean Dad Canceled After Letting 9-Year-Old Daughter Figure Out a Can Opener
Second-guessing other people's parenting decisions has become a national pastime.
The New York Times Helped a Vindictive Teen Destroy a Classmate Who Uttered a Racial Slur When She Was 15
"I’m going to remind myself, you started something," Jimmy Galligan told the paper. "You taught someone a lesson.”
How To Tell If You're Being Canceled
Kindly Inquisitors author Jonathan Rauch on the never-ending battle to defend free speech
Science Denialism on the Left: Sex, Gender, and Trans Identity
In The End of Gender, Debra Soh stands up for impartial research—and for LGBTQ rights.
Rocker Nick Cave: Cancel Culture Is 'Bad Religion Run Amuck'
'Political correctness has grown to become the unhappiest religion in the world.'
Greg Gutfeld's Self-Help Book for Haters of Self-Help (Who Love To Drunk-Tweet)
Fox News host's The Plus is a funny yet serious argument about making politics matter less in your life.
Greg Gutfeld: 'Impulse Control or Lack Thereof Is a Huge Deal Right Now'
The Fox News host explains his new self-help book The Plus, the upside of quarantine, and why he thinks Donald Trump will be reelected.
Comedian Ricky Gervais Rips Cancel Culture While Admitting To Being Like Hitler
"I’m a vegetarian and I love dogs, like Hitler. But the only thing I have in common with Hitler are the good bits!"
How Cancel Culture Violates Intellectual Freedom
Jonathan Rauch explains the difference between canceling and criticism
'Cancel Culture' Is a Dangerous, Totalitarian Trend
It's a game of gotcha, played by people who want to destroy their political opponents—and drive them into the outer darkness.
