The Anti-Woke Are Turning American Kids Into Saps and Suckers

To celebrate the dawning of Arraignment Day, I thought we'd take a look around at the damage already wrought in the psyche of this battered republic by the forces to which El Caudillo del Mar-a-Lago gave voice. We begin in the home office of American sedition, where some high school students pronounced themselves terribly triggered. [View in Browser]( [Esquire]( [SHOP]( EXCLUSIVE [SUBSCRIBE]( [The Anti-Woke Crowd Is Teaching American Kids to Be Saps and Suckers]( [The Anti-Woke Crowd Is Teaching American Kids to Be Saps and Suckers]( To celebrate the dawning of Arraignment Day, I thought we'd take a look around at the damage already wrought in the psyche of this battered republic by the forces to which El Caudillo del Mar-a-Lago gave voice. We begin in the home office of American sedition, where some high school students pronounced themselves terribly triggered. [Read More](   [The 58 Best Father's Day Gifts You Can Dig Up on Amazon Right Now]( [The 58 Best Father's Day Gifts You Can Dig Up on Amazon Right Now]( You still have time. [Read More]( [What I've Learned: John Mellencamp]( [What I've Learned: John Mellencamp]( "You only have so many fucks to give in your body, so don’t give a fuck about what’s not fuckworthy." [Read More](     [How to Promote Your DC Film]( [How to Promote Your DC Film]( When new DC Films head James Gunn announced the studio's future slate of films, superhero fans went nuts. A new Superman! A new Batman & Robin television show! A Green Lantern property that (maybe) won't make me vomit! But when Gunn unveiled his dreams to the world in January, it felt like he undercut a few DC superhero films—created by the studio's old guard—that would likely no longer live in any continuity moving forward. The Aquaman and Shazam! sequels would seemingly end their respective franchises—along with blockbusters like the long-awaited multiversal outing in The Flash, plus the Blue Beetle origin film. Oopsie. [Read More](   [Ronald DeSantis Vows to Rename Military Base After One of the Biggest Boobs In the History of Warfare]( [Ronald DeSantis Vows to Rename Military Base After One of the Biggest Boobs In the History of Warfare]( It's all part of his strategy to cope with the fact that the more people learn about him, the less they like him. [Read More]( [Paul McCartney Like You've Never Seen Him Before]( [Paul McCartney Like You've Never Seen Him Before]( A new book of never-before-seen photos, forgotten by McCartney and undeveloped for years, reveals an idol in the making determined to stay a subject instead of becoming an object. [Read More](     [Why Novak Djokovic Is Perfect Under Pressure]( [Why Novak Djokovic Is Perfect Under Pressure]( There’s a wonderful Jack Nicklaus moment that I think about all the time. It happened in 1980, during the U.S. Open at Baltusrol. Nicklaus was 40 years old and already a legend, already widely regarded as the best golfer of all time. Over the previous year, he had at least vaguely considered quitting, because his swing had broken down and he wasn’t sure that he wanted to go through all the effort necessary to fix it. But fix it he did. He remade his game. And now he stood on the 17th green, and he was leading the tournament, and he faced a 22-foot putt that would seal the deal and give him his first U.S. Open victory in eight years. [Read More](   [ESQ Membership]( Follow Us [Unsubscribe]( | [Privacy Notice/Notice at Collection]( esquire.com ©2023 Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Hearst Magazines, 300 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019