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  • On Nullification, Just Follow Liberals’ Lead

    By Selwyn Duke It isn’t often that conservatives can learn something from liberals, but I think the current debate over nullification is an exception. As you may know, nullification is the practice whereby a state or locality identifies a federal law as being unconstitutional and simply refuses to enforce it. It is also a practice…

  • Dallas Politician: “All of you are white. Go to hell!”

    By Selwyn Duke Most of you won’t know the name John Wiley Price, but he’s obviously a man well qualified to hold a position at the Eric Holder Justice Department.  What has Price, a Dallas County Commissioner, done to distinguish himself?  He told a group of five citizens during a local-government meeting, “All of you…

  • Democrazy: Egypt and the Eternal Constitution

    By Selwyn Duke A little less than a century ago, the West entertained the notion that WWI would be “the war to end all wars.”  Insofar as this was seriousness and not just selling point, it was naiveté.  Obviously, a military solution cannot solve a moral problem – nor can it change man’s nature.  And…

  • Why GOProud Didn’t Belong at CPAC

    By Selwyn Duke Many say that objection to homosexual group GOProud’s participation in the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) convention is much ado about nothing.  And while these critics aren’t necessarily proud of GOProud, they often say that the conservative ranks shouldn’t be creating unnecessary division.  I would agree — but necessary division is a different…

  • The Independent’s Over-the-top Anti-Catholic Bias

    By Selwyn Duke Except for those still caught in the web of the media matrix, it’s no secret that the Fossil Press seeks to destroy conservatism, tradition and Christianity.  It’s also plain that central to this are unrelenting attacks on the Catholic Church.  But a February 5 piece in The Independent written by one Michael…

  • Texas Schools Instituting Mandatory Arabic Language and Culture Classes

    By Selwyn Duke It seems that it was a well-kept secret. Residents in the Mansfield Independent School District in Texas found out just this Monday evening that the district had decided to force some of their children to take Arabic language and culture classes. As for the impetus behind the move, as they say, just…

  • The Brit PM’s Limp-wristed Attack on Multiculturalism

    By Selwyn Duke A sad testimonial as to the effete state of Western culture is that even ineffectual, feminized defenses of it are applauded as brave.  Case in point: British Prime Minister David Cameron has made news by giving a speech in which he said that “state multiculturalism” has failed.  And while he earned three…

  • Chinese Segregation: No Caucasian Mummies Need Apply

    By Selwyn Duke The Chinese exhibition “Secrets of the Silk Road” ran without incident in California and Texas. But now Chinese authorities have decided that parts of it really must be kept secret and have ordered that some artifacts and, most notably, a certain mummy not be displayed. The news came as a blow to…

  • The Tyranny of Human Rights Commissions

    By Selwyn Duke If you want to know what lies just a little ways further down the rabbit hole of political correctness, go north, Western man. If you do, you’ll wind up in Canada, where the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal (OHRT) has given us what columnist Margaret Wente calls “The case of the smelly lunch.” But…

  • That South Dakota Gun Mandate

    By Selwyn Duke The recent bill that would compel every South Dakota resident to buy a firearm has created quite a stir.  And since the piece I recently wrote on the subject evoked some fairly strong emotional responses, I want to clarify a few matters. Some respondents assumed that my article reflected a negative attitude…