Month: August 2026
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By Selwyn Duke Did diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) kill Jason Arday? Strictly speaking, Arday, 41, the academic who resigned August 5 from Cambridge University over plagiarism charges, died by apparent suicide. He was found deceased Friday at his property in Battersea, south London. But it’s hard escaping the conclusion that had he not been…
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By Selwyn Duke “Rain will always fall downwards,” the saying goes. “Don’t try to change the impossible.” And government will always run up debt to buy votes and print “counterfeit” currency to cover the deficits. While this is taken for granted, a revolution led by Argentine president Javier Milei aims to break the cycle. If…
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By Selwyn Duke Jason Arday was fêted and celebrated when he joined Cambridge University’s faculty in 2023. At 37, he was the prestigious institution’s youngest black professor, and no one wanted to look at him critically. The skids were so well greased that Cambridge turned a blind eye even when evidence piled up that Arday…
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By Selwyn Duke Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed won the Democratic primary for Senate from Michigan last Tuesday. Or, did he? That is, legitimately. The question is apt because a new investigation has proven something striking: Illegal aliens did in fact vote in that race. Now a question arises: Was the vote fraud great enough to have…
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By Selwyn Duke Many years ago, late economist Walter E. Williams recounted a story about being offered a prestigious Ivy League professorship. A young man at the time, he refused the position. Since he wasn’t qualified on paper, he explained, it would be obvious he was hired simply because of his race. (Williams was black).…
