The Skyrocketing Epidemic Of Fake Hate Crimes

Monday marked the five-year anniversary of the Jussie Smollett hate crime hoax. I say that with some hesitation, because I know that there’s not a single living person who ever wants to hear the name Jussie Smollett ever again. Every detail of that story has been covered, and every joke you can possibly make about it has already been made.

But if there’s a silver lining in that whole episode, it’s that everyone on the planet received a crash course in how easy it is to lie about “hate crimes.”...