“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” wrote the philosopher George Santayana in 1905 in The Life of Reason, part of a series on Great Ideas of Western Man. The interwoven “woke”/social justice/critical race theory/anti-racism movement of our day seems determined to wipe out America’s and Western Civilization’s (once called Christendom) past. If it succeeds, we shall indeed be condemned to repeat it—complete with its nearly universal evils of slavery, oppressive … [Read more...]
Troubled by “Social Justice” and the “Woke” Movement? Here’s Help!
“Social justice.” Who in America today isn’t aware of how controversial that term is? It’s at the center of a movement that is turning this country upside down. Call it the “Woke” movement, or “Woke Progressivism,” or “Cultural Marxism” with its “Critical Race Theory,” “Critical Gender Theory,” or just plain old “Critical Theory”—by whatever name, it’s tearing apart families, churches, and the nation as people line up on opposite sides of a very basic question: What does it mean to do … [Read more...]
