Licking the Bag of the Culture War

Cracker Barrel has surrendered. After days of outrage over the company’s plan to go with a redesigned logo, the interstate-exit café and gift shop reversed course. The new, minimalist logo—which had inexplicably been declared “woke” by online conservatives—was scrapped. The company’s mascot, a nondescript old man called “Uncle Herschel” and his barrel, presumably full of crackers, would remain.