Category: Political Correctness Run Amok

So I guess you’ve heard. Fading, 34 year-old NBA free agent Jason Collins has been declared a hero for publicly announcing that he digs dudes. Well, it’s about time! Used to be all a guy had to do …

Whatever happened to that 14-year-old Asian golf phenom who aspired to play the PGA Tour? She made tens of millions of dollars based on hype, and he became the youngest player to ever make a tour cut. No, that’s not …

All Muslims are not terrorists.

But the other extreme is just as wrong. Those people and institutions that are wound-up so tight with political correctness that they pretend Islam doesn’t play any role in terrorism put society at risk.

The primary thrust of political correctness is the elimination of offensive or contrary speech that may offend, or point out particular behaviors, casting them in an unfavorable light. It is like the old communistic effort of the KGB to silence …

If laughter really is the best medicine, it’s no wonder race relations are in a state of ill health.

Many years ago I spent quite a bit of time with a Zambian friend. He remarked one day that he found America’s …

Editor’s note: A longer version of this article first appeared at American Spectator.

Bill and Hillary Clinton have endorsed gay marriage, completely reversing their support of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which defined marriage as between one man and …

Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Sen. Rob Portman have all announced that they have begun to evolve in their thinking about same sex marriage, each for their own reasons.

The new Pope, the Bible and every system of moral truth …

When your article inspires a big-city mayor to refer your case to a “human-relations commission,” you know you’ve hit a nerve. And when that article is the recent “Being White in Philly” piece by liberal Robert Huber, you know it …

By Dr. Paul Kengor

Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared in USA Today.

Hillary Clinton supports gay marriage. This is a major shift. Yet, as someone who wrote a book on Clinton’s faith, I can’t say I’m surprised.

By: David Huntwork

Recently, a school in the once great state of Maryland offered counseling to students “troubled” by a classmate eating pastry into the shape of a gun. You might think his offense was kind of silly, but the school …

Young children playing sports often get a trophy for participating.

As adults they’ll learn the reality of starters and bench-warmers. Winners and losers.

The Thought Police at the Washington Post are on the warpath once again over the Washington Redskins nickname. In spite of the fact it would cost owner Daniel Snyder heap–big wampum to change the name, they say it is bad …

The Sandy Hook tragedy presents yet the latest example of the liberal political strategist’s adage “Never let a crisis go to waste.”

This slaughter of young children occurred in a “gun free zone,” not merely under the jurisdiction of a ban …

A birdcage liner in my county of Westchester, NY, The Journal News, has made national headlines by releasing the addresses of county residents licensed to own a handgun. The paper claims that in the wake of the Newtown shooting, citizens …

I’m growing weary of people playing the race card.

The other day, ESPN’s Rob Parker was angered because Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin the 3rd spoke in colorblind terms while describing himself. So Parker called RG3 a “cornball brother.” He …