I’m no fan of this insidious cancel culture that currently seems to be suffocating our nation with a spirit of self-righteous unforgiving. At the same time, Planned Parenthood in New York is distancing itself from Margaret Sanger, the founder of America’s leading abortion provider. They are changing the name of the building on a Lower Manhattan street that they say they are petitioning the city to de-Sanger as well. This is overdue — and, frankly, unexpected. For as long as I can remember, the country largely ignored protests about the eugenics poison she played a significant role in inserting into our national bloodstream (and international bloodstream as well, given that Planned Parenthood’s gravely ideological reach goes beyond our borders, unfortunately).
But that’s not enough. And it’s not to join in the beheading of statues and demands that historic figures be judged by our standards to...