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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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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, […]

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 […]

On January 31, as practically everyone who scans headlines will recall, Whoopi Goldberg, the actor, comedian, and conversationalist, waded into a racial […]

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, […]

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 […]

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[…]