Another ludicrous canceling of a name from the past

Another ludicrous canceling of a name from the past

Andrew Doyle is the author of “Free Speech and Why It Matters” and “The New Puritans.” Samuel Pepys was, famously, an extraordinary diarist, offering a vivid first-hand account of life in Restoration England from 1660 to 1669. He was an eyewitness to the Great Fire of London in 1666 and recorded fascinating details of the ravages of the bubonic plague. His diaries were also intensely personal, with entries that echo familiarly across the centuri…