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  • Can We Please Define “Racism”?

    By Selwyn Duke James Watson, the geneticist who helped unravel the structure of DNA, came under fire for saying that Africans are not as intelligent as Westerners.  Aside from his remarks being deemed baseless and unscientific, he has quite predictably been labeled “racist.”  Why, some thought police even want him charged under Britain’s Orwellian “racial…

  • Banning Boyhood

    By Selwyn Duke Huck Finn must be spinning in his literary grave.  Just recently a Colorado Springs, Co., elementary school banned tag during recess, joining other schools that have prohibited this childhood pastime.  Upon hearing this, I thought about the movement to ban cops and robbers, musical chairs, steal the bacon, and the kill-joys’ most…

  • The Only Way to Win the Immigration Battle

    By Selwyn Duke It’s hard to think of a battle that has been won by being defensive. You may be most skilled at blocking and slipping punches, but if that is all you do, sooner or later your opponent will land a few and enjoy victory.  This occurs to me as I watch the latest…

  • When Hypocrisy is a Good Thing

    By Selwyn Duke Many leftist partisans are licking their chops over the revelation that Idaho Republican Senator Larry Craig solicited sex from a male undercover detective in a Minneapolis airport bathroom.  This scandal is reminiscent of that involving Ted Haggard, the disgraced preacher who had relations with a male prostitute.  You may remember Haggard, he…

  • Homo-expect-us: Imposing Values on Christians

    By Selwyn Duke There is a maelstrom brewing around High Point Church in Arlington, Texas.  Church officials had offered to host a funeral for a homosexual man, Cecil Sinclair, even going so far as to agree to feed 100 guests and create an elaborate photo presentation about the man’s life. However, the family neglected to…

  • Race-baiting Politician Attacks Michael Savage

    By Selwyn Duke Patriotism might at one time have been the last refuge of a scoundrel, but methinks this is no longer true.  With modern America being characterized more by political correctness than patriotism, screams of racism may now be that last refuge.  And joining the ranks of scoundrels, populated by reverends sans congregations and…

  • The Anti-Islamist Manifesto

    By Selwyn Duke Perhaps some of you have seen the document titled, “Manifesto: Together facing a new totalitarianism,” which is being disseminated widely on the Web. Originally published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, of Mohammed cartoon fame, it’s a vow to resist Islamism signed by 12 individuals hailed as “brave intellectuals.” I read it, and…

  • Free Speech From the Mouths of Babes?

    By Selwyn Duke Last week the Supreme court handed down three free speech rulings that find favor with conservatives.  One of them is Morse et al. v. Frederick, a case involving the free speech rights of students. At issue is a five year old incident wherein a Juneau-Douglas High School senior named Joe Frederick raised…

  • Getting the Government the Third World Deserves

    By Selwyn Duke When Thomas Jefferson said that “people get the government they deserve,” it was more than just a clever turn of phrase. It also was not an isolated insight but a timeless truth, one expressed by many. William Cowper said, “When was public virtue to be found when private was not?” Benjamin Franklin…

  • Immigration: Solutions, Not Excuses

    By Selwyn Duke One frailty of man is that he is very adept at finding excuses to justify laziness and irresponsibility. There’s no point helping people because everyone is just out for himself anyway. Why study or work? I mean, no one is going to give me a break. I won’t take care of myself…