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Day: October 6, 2026
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By Selwyn Duke The identity of the co-pilot who tried to violently take over a flydubai jet Wednesday hasn’t been released. Yet there’s now information indicating he was, as a source puts it, a “religious extremist.” And, no, this doesn’t mean a Quaker or Anabaptist. Many officials believe the Omani co-pilot, presumably a jihadist-minded Muslim,…
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By Selwyn Duke It was during the French Revolution, that bloody 10-year affair, that modern “leftism” was officially born. We’re seeing shades of it, too, in France currently, with widespread rioting, arson, vandalism, and looting. This is the result of what are called “protests,” ostensibly motivated by a desire for better school conditions. (And, of…
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By Selwyn Duke “Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?” a woman asked Ben Franklin in 1787, at the Constitutional Convention’s close. “A republic, if you can keep it,” he sagely replied. This exchange has been quoted widely. So has a line written in 1798 by our second president, John Adams.…
