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Political Correctness

The Woke Ethic & the Spirit of Protestantism

ON FERVENT & MANIC BUSYBODIES

Pieter Vree

September 2023

The woke project, like much of Protestantism, is led by a self-selected group of “the Elect” who see themselves as arbiters of excellence in moral matters.

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Checking Out of the Local Library

NOVELTY OVER GOODNESS

Eric Jackson

July-August 2023

Today's librarians apparently believe the only way to get kids to read is to sucker them in with books about television characters, or worse.

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Walking on Eggshells, Distilling Eggshells

THE PITFALLS OF PRIDE MONTH

J.D. Palmer

December 2022

The evidence is clear that our society will decompose, long before the human species dies out, when the traditional family is dethroned from its place of honor.

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Officers of the New Regime

'HARASSMENT SPECIALISTS' & 'CHIEF PURPOSE OFFICERS'

John A. Perricone

October 2022

When ordinary folks like your son, your wife, or your grandmother agree with the Harassment Specialists and Chief Purpose Officers, then the political is personal.

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Which Way the Wind Blows

FORBIDDEN WORDS AND ACTIONS

John Lyon

June 2022

Daily we hear of intemperate students demanding this or that “right” drawn from a grab-bag of potential claims on others’ behavior.

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Lives That Don’t Matter

GUEST COLUMN

Ewa Thompson

November 2020

A popular children’s book remains on the 'Teachers’ Top 100 Books' list although its ostensible aim appears to be to denigrate Polish Americans.

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The Catholic Church in the Crosshairs

REVERT'S ROSTRUM

Casey Chalk

September 2020

It is a cruel irony that, in less than a century, Catholics have gone from being victimized as unwelcome immigrants to being widely perceived as racist victimizers.

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“Politics and the English Language.” By George Orwell.

LITERATURE MATTERS

Michael S. Rose

April 2020

Language should reflect reality. If it doesn’t, what possible limits could be placed on misleading, manipulative language?

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You Can Say That?

NEW OXFORD NOTEBOOK

Pieter Vree

September 2019

China could well be poised to inherit the earth that the U.S. once commanded — especially if our comparative student bodies are any indication.

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Why I’ve Tuned Out National Public Radio

ON THE WORSHIP OF THE MOLOCH OF EQUALITY

John Lyon

September 2019

NPR’s programming has drifted downward and to the Left: the expectable, inevitable, massive movement of most institutions in a democracy.

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“Raising Awareness”: Reducing Philanthropy to Vanity

CULTURAL COUNTERPOINT

Jason M. Morgan

May 2019

There is something very particularly American about "raising awareness": it is democratic, in seeking to sway public opinion; it is optimistic; it is evangelical and yet post-Christian.

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By the Lakes of Babylon

CULTURAL COUNTERPOINT

Jason M. Morgan

March 2019

Fr. Hesburgh proved to be a perfect avatar for the Notre Dame he created: an endorser of some kind of vaguely conceived “natural religion.”

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Culture Wars, Inc.

A MORALITY TALE ABRIDGED FOR MODERN READERS

Hilarious Bookbinder

March 2019

When Cosmoception Corporation sponsored a Coming Out of the Closet Celebration, the company ordered a rainbow-striped cake from Redneck Delicacies, Inc., a small shop tucked in the Appalachians.

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The Great Awokening: The Puritan Roots of the Social Justice Warrior

Jason M. Morgan

January-February 2019

Social Justice Warriors behave like cult members. They are little Cromwells who demand Robespierre-level ideological purity of every single person.

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I Am Not White

WHAT CONSTITUTES CULTURE ?

Thomas Storck

November 2018

Public discourse remains limited to material concerns, but what really differentiates human beings is culture, which is founded on religion.

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The New Hate Speech: Catholic Teaching at a Catholic College
May 2018

An affirmation of Church teaching at Providence College is seen by students and administrators as an act of "homophobia" and "transphobia" that warrants intimidation and threats because it's an offense against the PC narrative.

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A Demon-Haunted Europe: Democracy's Totalitarian Impulse

AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH RYSZARD LEGUTKO

Timothy D. Lusch

October 2017

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Are You Sleeping?

GUEST COLUMN

David C. Stolinsky

November 2016

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Big Brother North of the Border
November 2016

Canada is writing laws based on gender defined as a sense, an experience, and the result of expression: dress, hair, make-up, body language, voice, name, and personal pronoun use.

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Charles Curran Makes a Confession
September 2016

Fr. Charles Curran says he now recognizes "the omnipresent reality of white privilege and how it has affected our understanding of and approach to theology."

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Looking Beyond Malalapalooza
April 2016

For those seeking Muslim female viewpoints that depart from the politically correct narrative, we suggest the writings and speeches of Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Nonie Darwish, and Brigitte Gabriel.

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Giving an Appearance of Solidity to Pure Wind
January-February 2016

When considering Muslim tolerance, one might inquire: Are Muslim attitudes toward drinking alcohol tolerant? And how about free speech? Women's rights? Freedom of religion? Music and Art?

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What If #AhmedIsaFake?
November 2015

"Clock boy" Ahmed Mohamed may have a promising career ahead of him, not as an engineer or an inventor but as a social agitator and propagandist.

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What the Revolution Has Wrought

INTERNAL CONTRADICTIONS & ECONOMIC CRISIS

Tom Bethell

September 2015

Contraception and the contraceptive mentality have perhaps terminally undermined Western, formerly Christian cultures and nations.

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The Fraudsters of Islamophobia
June 2015

The slain editor of Charlie Hebdo has posthumously published a book on the subject of "Islamophobia," which he calls a "misplaced fight" spawned by "disgusting white, left-wing bourgeois paternalism."

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War on Christmas? Never Happened!
January-February 2015

The most convincing evidence that the war on Christmas has been won comes by way of media commentators who say the concept was just invented by conservatives.

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Enjoy Christmas -- While It Lasts

GUEST COLUMN

John F. Gaski

December 2014

Recognition of the civil orientation of the Christmas holiday, and a bit of wisdom and toleration, would obviate the need for bizarre legal remedies.

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Feminists Are Wrong About Women's Ordination

Anne Barbeau Gardiner

November 2011

The reservation of the priesthood to men is not a matter of "discipline" or Church law that may be rescinded but is "theologically certain" and a "doctrine of faith."

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Church, Women & Pants

BEAUTY & THE BEST

Gerrie Goguen

January 2008

Difficulties arise when women wear tight or revealing pants to Church: Men start seeing them as a collection of titillating body parts.

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Outlaw Blues
July-August 2007

Why is it that gay and lesbian students enjoy special protection from harassment while religious students do not?

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Mammon Wins Again
June 2005

You just can't let religion and free speech get in the way of mammon.

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For "Diversity," but Not for Intellectual Diversity
June 2005

The Catholic Library Association is intolerant, exclusive, and truly authoritarian.

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The Catholic Ethic Made Politically Correct

Thomas Storck

December 2003

Take orthodoxy away and eventually you end up as some kind of Protestant or secularist, with beliefs no one can predict.

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Charles Dickens's 'A Happy Holidays Song'

GUEST COLUMN

F. Douglas Kneibert

December 2003

What advice would a politically correct contemporary American publisher give to Charles Dickens regarding A Christmas Carol?

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Inclusion Confusion
November 2003

Why does Audie Bock find it important to point out that she's small?

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Redskins in Indiana?
October 2003

If it's offensive to print Cleveland Indians, then it's even more offensive to make reference to the state of Indiana.

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It's Time for Another Free Speech Movement
April 2003

She required that we ban, Those damned suffixes, "man."

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Can We Please Have Some Compassion For People of Height?

YES, IT'S A SMALL WORLD, AFTER ALL

Thomas Martin

March 2003

A conference addressing the problems facing People of Height deserves attention and ought to draw a national audience.

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When the "Shorter Form" Is The Politically Correct Form
January 2003

Scripture is censored in the Parable of the Talents, where the "wicked, lazy servant" is sent "where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth."

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Wake Up and Smell the Coffee
November 2002

"Psst! Hey kid, wanna buy a cup o' joe — real cheap? In a cool styrofoam cup!"

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Pride Precedes a Great Fall
September 2002

The Washington Redskins must now also contend with PC Indian activists.

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Excerpts from The Dictionary of Diversity

GUEST COLUMN

Brent T. Zeringue

September 2002

A few definitions, for your reference...

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Dodging the Real Issues
May 2001

Dodge ball has been targeted for extinction in two public school districts.

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Sticks & Stones May Break My Bones, But…
May 2001

Political correctness is nothing more than female touchiness writ large.

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Our Titanic Nonjudgmentalism

GUEST COLUMN

David C. Stolinsky

April 2000

Once the God-given sanctity of all innocent human life is rejected, the main psychological and ethical barriers are breached.

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Don't Call It "Adultery," Call It "Loving More"
March 2000

The newest thing in our Society of Newspeak is "polyamory," the hip euphemism for polygamy.

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But Are Catholics B.C./A.D.-Compliant?
December 1999

Before the "Common Era," did mankind live in an uncommon era?

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The New "S" Word
October 1999

Calling women "sweethearts" is "sexist stereotyping" and "patronizing"?

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The New Totalitarianism: Forcing People to Be Tolerant

GUEST COLUMN

David J. Peterson

July/August 1999

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The Decadence of the Feminese Dialect

GUEST COLUMN

Roy Barkley

February 1999

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"Thou Shalt Not Be Judgmental" & Other Postmodernist Notions

THE REGRESSION TO BARBARISM

Leon McKenzie

October 1998

All capacities with which God endowed us must be employed in the quest for truth.

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Hitler: A Pioneer for the "Politically Correct"

A CHAT WITH ADOLF

Jude McCabeus

October 1997

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Why Hispanics Are Not 'Politically Correct'

THE DEBATE ABOUT WESTERN CULTURE

Thomas Storck

November 1995

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The Secular Mind IV: Relativism

HARVARD DIARY

Robert Coles

January-February 1988

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