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January 18, 2023
Perhaps you read Taking-Offense with malice toward none and charity for all. That’s you, isn’t it, you who wish to cause no unpleasantness to anyone, […]
December 27, 2022
Among the many manifestations of political correctness that has swept across the United States during the past several decades is the curious and ongoing effort […]
December 16, 2022
Offenses of the Month, August–December
August
Comparative Pain
By now it’s an old story. The Protagonist says the bad word aloud in a crowd. He follows it up […]August 2, 2022
Offenses of the Month, February to July
February
If You Can’t Say Something that Cannot Possibly Be Misinterpreted, Don’t
The story is as short as it is brutal. […]July 27, 2022
As I have mused in many earlier posts, offensiveness is not easily defined and what makes a word or phrase offensive to some, or all, […]
June 14, 2022
I thought I’d wait until you’ve forgotten Ilya Shapiro for the second time. We last contemplated his plight back in mid-February, when […]
February 16, 2022
Offense of the Month, January 2022
Our designated offender of the month is Ilya Shapiro, the once-about-to-be-and-perhaps-future-executive director of the Georgetown Center for the Constitution, […]
December 31, 2021
It’s that time of year when earnest greetings arrive on every puff of air and cloud extending heartfelt wishes of good cheer and universal joy […]
December 31, 2021
Offenses of the Month, 2021
When 2021 began, I thought it was a year destined for quiet and change, one that I could devote to[…]
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