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  • N.Y. Governorship Scandal Hits Again: Paterson Will Not Run

    By Selwyn Duke Damaged by scandal like his predecessor, New York’s Governor David Paterson has announced that he is withdrawing his bid to win election this November. The governor had been steadfast in his determination to capture a full term at the ballot box, despite low poll numbers and growing opposition within his own party.…

  • Most See Government as Threat to Rights

    By Selwyn Duke Ronald Reagan once said that the nine scariest words in the English language are “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.” In thus opining, he was simply reflecting an American tradition that began with the Founding Fathers: a healthy suspicion of government. And, now, despite rampant government dependency, it seems…

  • Killing Charity

    “Outsourcing” charity to the government is not only inefficient, it’s not charity. Worse still, it’s evil. By Selwyn Duke A while back I read about a woman whose college professor had told her not to give to charity. His reasoning? It’s the government’s job. I wonder, would the good professor maintain this perspective were he…

  • Students Told to Write Essay on How They Would Make Deal with Devil

    By Selwyn Duke God may not have a place in the modern American classroom, but the Devil is a different story. That is, at least in one North Carolina high school. After reading the short story “The Devil and Tom Walker” — which involves a character who makes a deal with Satan but then balks…

  • Time to Turn Up the Heat on the Warmists

    By Selwyn Duke At one time some would call them “deniers.”  The more generous called them “skeptics.”  But now, increasingly, it appears that they can be called something else: sane.  Yes, the climate has certainly changed. Even in the mainstream media, the less liberal organs are waking up.  There is now a never-ending barrage of…

  • High Crimes: White House Accused of Using Bribery to Preserve Senate Majority

    By Selwyn Duke Has a bombshell just been dropped in the November elections? If a story that broke on Thursday gets enough ink, the answer may be yes. It’s being reported that the White House has sought to entice Senate primary challengers into dropping their campaigns against incumbent Democrats with the offer of plum government…

  • Guest Commentary: Our Broken Constitution

    By Bruce Walker The recent news stories that Obama intends to implement much of his health care agenda through executive orders shows just how broken the Constitution of the United States has become.  The foundational document of American government provides no legislative power in the presidency – none, zero, nada.  George Washington felt that even…

  • Why I’m Not a Conservative

                      Do we really know our right from our left? By Selwyn Duke There is something G.K. Chesterton called the “degrading slavery” of being a child of your age. It is the inability to think outside the box of time and place — and most people fall victim to it. I think about this when…

  • Guest Commentary: Fabian Conservatism

    By Bruce Walker Conservatives , the overwhelming majority of Americans, are angry with the Republican Party leadership and how politics has been  played since Ronald Reagan left office.   Often Republican nominees have seemed to copy Bill Clinton’s “triangulation” or strategically placing themselves as the arbitrators between conservatives and leftists.   McCain luxuriated in fawning media coverage…

  • Is “Journalist” Another Job Americans Won’t Do?

    By Selwyn Duke Whenever criticizing grammar and punctuation, you run the risk of being labeled punctilious.  Worse still, since even many good writers involved in Internet journalism disgorge the odd typo, there’s the chance you will come to be regarded as an expert on the glass-house real estate market.  Yet there’s no doubt that the…