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  • The Hard Truth about a Soft Science: Why Psychology Does More Harm Than Good

    By Selwyn Duke  In his book The Future of an Illusion, Sigmund Freud said of religion and morality, “It would be an undoubted advantage if we were to leave God out altogether and admit the purely human origins of all the precepts and regulations of civilization.” In making this statement, Freud weighed in on one…

  • When Will We Admit the Truth About Barack Obama?

    By Selwyn Duke If you interview someone for a job, you’ll expect him to tell you what you want to hear. There’ll be a façade, and his darker side will remain well-hidden. Now, let’s say a requirement for the job is that the applicant likes children, and he does his best Captain Kangaroo. But then…

  • Girls, Cries, and Videotape

    By Selwyn Duke We’ve heard the stories about girls viciously beating rivals, and recently nine third-graders hatched a plot to kill their teacher. Yes, childhood misbehavior, once typified by Dennis the Menace or Leave it to Beaver’s Eddie Haskell, is now often more sinister in nature. 

  • Gunning for Freedom of Association

    By Selwyn Duke If Florida Governor Charlie Crist signs the take-your-guns-to-work measure into law, the state’s residents won’t have to worry about being rendered defenseless in the workplace. This is a noble aim, and I can certainly sympathize with the motivation behind it, as employers who kowtow to political correctness find no favor with me.…

  • Unfair and Unbalanced

    By Selwyn Duke The phrase “fair and balanced” certainly has a positive connotation. It is thought the greatest quality a news outlet can possess; it has even become a motto of the Fox News Network. Yet I don’t find Fox very balanced at all.

  • Barack Obama: Elitist, but Not Elite

    By Selwyn Duke Barack Obama has made his opinion of small town America known, and he doesn’t hold it in very high regard.  Speaking at a San Francisco fundraiser on Sunday, Senator Sweetness and Light said:

  • Anti-Islamist Film “Fitna” Released Amidst Controversy and Condemnation

    By Selwyn Duke Weathering a maelstrom of controversy, Geert Wilders’ cinematic warning about Islamism has finally made it to cyberspace. The path it’s taking may be more interesting than the film itself; Wilders’ domain www.fitnathemovie.com was frozen by Network Solutions, the movie was removed from host Liveleak.com’s servers after threats against its staff and then…

  • Conversion by the WordWhat should our reaction be when others pray for our conversion?

    By Selwyn Duke There recently was a story about a German Jewish leader, Charlotte Knobloch, who criticized Pope Benedict XVI for allowing a traditional Easter prayer that calls for the conversion of the Jewish people. Her reaction raises an interesting issue, as praying for conversion isn’t unique to Catholics any more than taking offense to…

  • Internet Registry Freezes Domain of Anti-Islamist Critic

    By Selwyn Duke Dutch politician Geert Wilders is haunted by the specter of creeping Islamism in his nation. So much so that he created a 15-minute movie critical of Islam called Fitna. But while the oft-threatened, intrepid lawmaker hasn’t been deterred by the murder of fellow countryman Theo Van Gogh by a Moslem fundamentalist, others…

  • Cultural Affirmative Action

    By Selwyn Duke In a way, I prefer the old, overt affirmative action. While it was government-sanctioned discrimination, at least it was, in some measure, more honest than our cultural affirmative action. There is such a thing. It’s when people in the market and media privilege others – sometimes unconsciously – based upon the latter’s…