Scott Yenor

Scott Yenor is a figure associated with the far-right, recently appointed as the director of the B Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies at the Heritage Foundation, a prominent right-wing think tank. He is also the founder of a secretive, all-male network of Christian nationalist fraternal lodges. Yenor's appointment is newsworthy due to the Heritage Foundation's ongoing controversy regarding its president's alleged apology for extremism, and because Yenor himself has expressed ultra-conservative views. His appointment is significant as it signals a potential shift or reinforcement of the Heritage Foundation's ideological stance, particularly in the context of ongoing debates about 'wokeness' and academic freedom, as exemplified by Florida's recent decision to remove sociology as a required course in state universities.