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  • How Conservative Candidates Can Give Us a RINO Nominee

    By Selwyn Duke While I certainly understand the frustration of those who complain of RINO primary rise, it’s important to accept the reality of how it happens.  It is not, as some would say, a matter of the “Republican Party giving us another John McCain.”  Nominees aren’t appointed; they’re elected.  It is not the result…

  • “Why do Women always….?”: Generalizations and the Building Blocks of Reality

    By Selwyn Duke Recently I wrote an article about women’s tendency to support statist candidates.  As my emails attest, it was met with quite a positive response.  Yet, not surprisingly, there was also a very predictable one: complaints about generalizations.  For instance, one respondent wrote that she was tired of the “all men are this…

  • I’ll Eat What I Want; You Eat Your Heart Out, Bloomberg

    By Selwyn Duke Although I’ve never been one to demonize the rich, there is something particularly irritating about a busybody billionaire who confuses his bankroll with his I.Q. And the busiest of this species seems to be NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, whose latest patrician effort involves convincing governments worldwide to control what the peons eat.…

  • Governor Beverly Perdue: The Best Government Is That Which Governs Most?

    By Selwyn Duke Governor Beverly Perdue’s recent suggestion that we suspend the 2012 elections so our Representatives can focus on getting things done has caused some to question whether she is fit to hold office. After all, if you want to preserve a wayward democratic republic, it’s probably not the best idea to suggest that…

  • Morgan Freeman is a Prejudiced Man

    By Selwyn Duke When someone insists on making negative judgments about a group, in the face of numerous facts saying otherwise, what do you call it? As most already know, actor Morgan Freeman recently made headlines by claiming that Republican opposition to Barack Obama was driven by bigotry.  His comments were made Friday in an…

  • Tax the Rich? Answering Elizabeth Warren

    By Selwyn Duke Former TARP chairman and Senate hopeful from Massachusetts Elizabeth Warren gave a shot in the arm to “progressives” everywhere this past Wednesday, with a rousing (or is it rabble-rousing?) extemporaneous speech on the virtues of taxing the rich. Her commentary quickly made the rounds on the Web and radio talk shows —…

  • The Case for Ending the EPA

    By Selwyn Duke In the Republican presidential debate last evening, some of the candidates passionately stated that the Environmental Protection Agency should be eliminated. It’s a position that sounds strange to some ears. As a respondent in a Fox News focus group said after the debate, and this is a paraphrase, “This all sounds good…

  • Statists Order High School to Change “Indians” Nickname

    By Selwyn Duke It’s time to originate a new joke: “What do you call 10,000 statists at the bottom of the sea? A good start.” What prompts me to quip about this watery solution is the latest bit of lunacy from the Tolerance and Diversity Nazis: Wisconsin education officials have ordered Berlin High School near…

  • The Security Sex

    By Selwyn Duke We have all heard about the sex gap in voting patterns.  This is the phenomenon whereby, in every election, women are far more likely to support liberal candidates than men are.  For instance, in 1996, Bill Clinton captured 54 percent of the women’s vote but only 43 percent of the men’s.  And…

  • That Presidential Look: The Bad, the Beautiful and Voting-booth Realities

    By Selwyn Duke While there was more than one reason why John McCain was a long shot to win the 2008 general election, a big one was something almost no one talked seriously about: appearance. That is to say, when was the last time an old-looking, white-haired, half-bald man won the presidency? If you think…