The determination of woke corporations to push their opinions in the faces of ordinary folks who don’t share them is just a part of a broader contempt for customers and clients who aren’t enough like the people in the executive suites.  It’s a political thing, sure, but it’s even more a social class thing.  They’re snobs.

My dear readers,

(Doesn’t that salutation make me sound like a Nigerian prince?  But then I would have said dearest.)

This Christmas night bestowed peace on the whole world;

So let no one threaten;

This is the night of the Most Gentle One -

Let no one be cruel;

This is the night of the Humble One -

Let no one be proud.

Now is the day of joy -

Is it right for an officeholder to use the legal machinery to target opponents?  This is a serious question, and the pundits are right to suggest that what we now call “lawfare” establishes a dangerous precedent.  However, you don’t have to like Mr. Trump to believe that in his case, at least, the question has been misframed.

In view of the “No Kings” disturbances, I had better begin this post by making clear that I was not thinking of Mr. Trump when I wrote it.  It has no more to do with him than with Mr. Biden, or any other recent president, or, for that matter, any recent president’s handlers.

Let’s get on with it.

The following article of mine was recently published in First Things.

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