While the tides of wokism and identity politics continue to rise in Canada and seem unstoppable, Roger Kimball believes the crest may have passed in his country. Writing in American Greatness, Kimball views Elon Musk’s recent statements as indicative of a much broader common-sense reawakening. For more on the underlying trend from C2C, check out Progressive Identity Politics: The New Gnosticism.

Toppling a Communist Empire for $2.7 Million
Though widely thought of as focused on waterboarding terrorists or poisoning foreign potentates, it was by smuggling paper that the CIA achieved its most monumental triumph. R.M. Gerecht in a book review for The Washington Free Beacon charts how the late Cold War-era operation to flood Poland with Western books, magazines, printing supplies and audio recordings fatally weakened the country’s Communist dictatorship, setting the stage for the downfall of the entire Soviet empire. Total cost: US$2.7 million.


