As I write this, I am enjoying my morning coffee in a mug that proclaims “awake not woke.” A friend gave it to me, and I think it’s funny. “Woke” is certainly the word of the moment. But what does it ...

In 1989, Michigan University became the first institution of higher learning to pass legislation prohibiting offensive language. The policing of language aims to influence the way a person speaks, ...

Richard M. Reinsch II is director of the B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies at The Heritage Foundation and columnist for The Daily Signal. He is also a senior writer for Law & Liberty. The ...

It's now cool to be politically incorrect. There are few better or easier ways these days to demonstrate a rebellious streak–to establish one's iconoclastic street cred, if you will–than bashing ...

Rachel del Guidice works in communications and media in Washington, D.C. She previously was a congressional reporter and podcast host for The Daily Signal. What is political correctness? When did it ...

In high school, a friend told me that words are simply idea-markers. Even in college, many of my friends underplay the impact of language, relying on calcified facts and denying that language has any ...

In the midst of the much more important stuff happening in the world, you may have missed a recent interview with Jerry Seinfeld. While doing the press rounds to promote his upcoming movie, the ...

"My feeling about all of it is that political correctness, insofar as it equates to tolerance, is obviously fantastic," the comedian said Liza Esquibias is a Writer-Reporter on the TV team at PEOPLE.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus is weighing in on comedians who say political correctness affects their comedy. The VEEP star is not opposed to being sensitive to certain topics and doesn’t think being ...

This past Friday, I wrote an op-ed for the Washington Post discussing the christening of U.S. military equipment with American Indian names. I argue that the choice of these names functions as a ...