I recently passed on some firsthand accounts of the myriad ways in which women face an extra set of challenges in my area, the national security community, and concluded: “What struck me was the ongoing tax that most of these women reported experiencing. Even if not facing outright harassment, they had to constantly navigate a work environment in which inappropriate or problematic norms were on display. ... These are problems I have never had to deal with.”

A few hours from now in New York City, the National Book Awards will be bestowed on a few fortunate winners. Past recipients of nonfiction awards include such luminaries as George Kennan, Barbara Tuchman, and Robert Caro. Former president Bill Clinton will be presenting an award at this year’s ceremony. And, unfortunately, he’ll be presiding over yet another prestigious American institution that has fallen prey to radical leftism, complete with a farcical judging process, all largely funded and overseen by America’s major publishers, who perhaps need to be reminded that conservatives buy a lot of books. It represents how the definition of merit itself has been twisted by our elite cultural institutions to undermine not only conservatives but anyone who does not share their radical political vision. 

A poll taken last year by Harvard University revealed that 51% of 18-to-29 year-old Americans opposed capitalism, compared to 42% who supported it. Another poll taken by YouGov and the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation revealed 44% of Millennials would rather live in a socialist country, versus 42% who would rather live in a capitalist one.

Millions of people wake up each day to a life of forced labor, violence, sexual assault, and dehumanization.