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  • Whither Islam? Religion of Peace or Religion of War?

    By Selwyn Duke "I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them.” — Koran (8:15) Every holy book contains some very unholy words, they say. If you presented certain select verses from the Bible in isolation, it would seem equally violent,…

  • Chris Kyle and the Kill Zone: On Calling Snipers “Cowards”

    By Selwyn Duke The resounding success of film American Sniper has inspired criticism from certain quarters, ranging from the perhaps reasonable to the wholly irrational. As to the latter, there has been much sniping from the left-America Left. Actor Seth Rogen tweeted that the movie reminded him of fake Nazi propaganda footage in the film…

  • Is Pedophilia Okay if You’re “Born That Way”?

    By Selwyn Duke “Now, many experts view it as a sexual orientation as immutable as heterosexuality … a deep-rooted predisposition … that becomes clear during puberty and does not change.” The above idea was expressed with respect to homosexuality decades ago and since has become left-wing dogma. The thinking is that if someone was “born…

  • Pedophilia, American Style: Legitimizing Child Rape

    By Selwyn Duke Fast cars, fancy restaurants, opulent yachts, private planes — and child molestation. It’s not something that was ever featured on Robin Leach’s TV show Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, but “pedophilia may be emerging as the characteristic sexual perversion of the American elite.” So says American Thinker assistant editor J.R. Dunn…

  • My Problem with Sarah Palin

    By Selwyn Duke With Sarah Palin once again hinting at a presidential run, pundits and politics wonks are all the more aflutter with 2016 talk. The predictable slings and arrows of the surly left are coming her way, while her excited fans are firing up the troops. Then there are those who say that while…

  • California Common Core: Kids Graded on “Gratitude,” “Sensitivity to Others”

    By Selwyn Duke The United States may be producing only one-tenth as many scientists as does China, but if California is any guide, Americans may soon excel in at least one area: “sensitivity.” That is, as defined by modern educational overlords. It’s all part of the new standards of Common Core, the controversial education program…

  • The Northeast Nanny-staters Who are and the Blizzard that Never Was

    By Selwyn Duke Call it the Blizzard of Oz. The “Snowstorm of the Century” Monday was supposed to be historic. All we got was histrionics. It turned out that the real blustery wind was hot air — and the worst accumulation was the knee-deep nanny-state politicians who think some snow warrants a travel ban. In…

  • Crazy on Campus: U.S. Colleges — Where Truth Is Always Stranger Than Fiction

    By Selwyn Duke “There are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them,” noted 1984 author George Orwell. Yet even he might be surprised at what passes for scholarship at today’s American colleges. And many parents certainly would be shocked to learn what their $35,000 to $120,000 — the current average public/private…

  • Charge: Police “Steal” $100,000-worth of Legal Guns and Ammo From Citizen

    By Selwyn Duke Imagine you get into a loud argument in your home with an adult son. Though it’s resolved peacefully, the police had been called. They then confiscate your legal firearms and ammunition — valued at $100,000. Even though you’ve been convicted of nothing. Even though you weren’t even charged. And here’s the kicker:…

  • N.Y. Times Practically Invented No-go-zone Story, but Fox Is Threatened With Suit

    By Selwyn Duke “Je ne suis pas Fox News!” seems to be the attitude of Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo. She threatened to sue the station last week over its reporting on her city’s “no-go zones,” areas where non-Muslims are wary to tread but that Hidalgo claims don’t exist. Said she, “When we're insulted, then I…