Column’s rants are only things that don’t change

There is a new drinking game where a reader takes a shot every time Victor Davis Hanson uses the word “woke.” It is sure to leave the sturdiest of constitutions with a buzz.

His recent column (“Biden is leading U.S. toward a complete systems collapse,” Page A7, Jan. 21) blames the woke for attacking hallowed U.S. institutions such as the filibuster and 50-state union, venerable solely due to their longevity. One wonders if earlier incarnations of Hanson bemoaned the loss of male-only voting, slavery, the decline of the horse-and-buggy and the addition of Vermont as the 14th state.

Surely there are conservative writers who are capable of acknowledging progress, as opposed to Hanson’s clear belief that the reign of Augustus was the peak of civilization.

— Lou Ascatigno, Concord