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  • North Dakota Votes on Abolishing Property Taxes

    By Selwyn Duke When North Dakotans go to the polls today, they'll have a chance to strike a blow for freedom. They can make their state the first in the nation to ban all property taxes.    With such levies having become a fixture on the American landscape, the ND proposal is seen as being…

  • The Immorality of Liberals

    By Selwyn Duke “I think he did the right thing,” said the man, emphatically, in reference to Bill Clinton’s 1990s infidelity with Monica Lewinsky.  The sentiment, expressed during a conversation I had some years ago, was really no surprise.  You see, the fellow was a fine specimen of his political species. In every civilization you…

  • Obama Administration: Cory Booker is “Dead to Us”

    By Selwyn Duke Newark mayor Cory Booker made the mistake of deviating from the Marxocrat Party line, and now he’s learning the hard way that illiberal modern liberals don’t tolerate dissent.  In fact, zey have vays of making you not talk.  And, it seems, of not talking to you.

  • Trampling Freedom of Speech: State Tries Censoring Online Advice Column

    By Selwyn Duke As far as diet goes, I believe you should adhere to the old adage “everything in moderation” and avoid extreme regimens of all kinds. I don’t know what you think of this counsel, but North Carolina’s position seems to be the following: I just broke the law. Blogger Steven Cooksey found this…

  • Michelle Obama’s Food Desert Myth

    By Selwyn Duke It may be a peculiar manifestation of American exceptionalism, but the United States has the distinction of being a nation that actually has fat poor people. This doesn’t sit well with those who want to grow government faster than waistlines, and thus do we have Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” campaign, designed to…

  • The Left, the Right and the Wrong Side of History

    By Selwyn Duke It’s always amusing when secularists speak of traditionalists being on the “wrong side of history.” We heard this recently after the vote in North Carolina upholding marriage; liberals said that the state was on the wrong side of history. Now, these people are circling around something that is absolutely true, and it's…

  • The 10 Least Religious States: Also the Meanest?

    By Selwyn Duke When it comes to religiosity, some American states truly do fit in to the union — the European Union, that is. According to recent surveys, the most and least religious states are mainly where one might expect: respectively, the Bible Belt of the South, and New England and the West. A recent…

  • When Conservatives Follow the Left’s Vulgar Lead

    By Selwyn Duke Many of us have heard the story about the North Carolina schoolteacher who shrieked at her students that they could be “arrested” for criticizing Barack Obama. The teacher’s words speak for themselves and have been, as is only right, roundly condemned. But it’s not her behavior that bothers me most. It’s no…

  • Does the GOP’s Demographic Death Spiral End in a Texas Graveyard?

    By Selwyn Duke If Democratic voters were rapidly increasing in number and Republican voters rapidly decreasing, it should be pretty big news, shouldn’t it? Not when at issue is a third rail of American social commentary: race. Recently I wrote a piece on race and voting patterns, using as a lede the story about how…

  • And That’s the Way It Isn’t: Ten Liberal Myths People Believe

    By Selwyn Duke When a big lie is repeated often enough and becomes “truth,” there can be serious consequences. For reality is like a jigsaw puzzle: If too many pieces (little pictures) are wrong, you’ll never be able to assemble them and see the big picture. The result is dislocation from reality. What follows are…