Last week’s column, (see “The American backlash against modernity,” 1/26/25) elicited responses that seemed to conflate three distinct yet related ideas: modernity, “wokeness,” and diversity, equity, ...

21 inaugural prayer service, one terminology that made the rounds online among conservative pundits was the assessment that Budde’s sermon was “woke.” “Wokeness” has as of late, driven by ...

Comedian Bill Maher slammed the government’s response to the Los Angeles fires and, in part, blamed “wokeness,” for the natural disaster in the region, saying the government’s role is to ...