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, ...

“Wokeness” has as of late, driven by sensationalist conservative media, become the latest talking point proffering culture wedge red meat for the base. While it would be quite easy for me to ...