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  • President Downgrade

    By Selwyn Duke When Barack Obama promised change that would transform America, most never suspected that he would make history by presiding over the nation’s first-ever credit downgrade.  But, well, yes – he can. And he did. Of course, the blame cannot be laid entirely at Obama’s feet.  Since Congress controls the purse strings, it…

  • Trashing the Constitution: The Living Document Con

    By Selwyn Duke Is constitutionalism akin to blind faith? Some statists certainly think so, as they have called the position “constitution-worship.” In light of this, what should we call those who lack that “faith”? Given that they don’t believe in the Constitution, and that the document is the supreme law of the land, can it be…

  • Politically Correct Washington Supreme Court Overturns Murder Conviction

    By Selwyn Duke In 2007, Kevin L. Monday Jr. was convicted for the murder of Francisco Green and received 64 years in prison.  The incident ad been caught on a 3-minute video recording shot by a street performer, and the footage clearly showed Monday coolly and calculatingly firing 11 shots at Green on a crowded…

  • City Government Demands Keys to Private Properties

    The government of Cedar Falls, Iowa, has actually passed an ordinance that requires owners of commercial property — this includes not just businesses but also apartments and some rental houses — to provide the government with keys to their properties.  I kid you not.  Notice how, in the city council meeting captured in this video,…

  • Here Comes Peter Cottontail Hopping Down the Statist Trail: Feds Fine Missouri Farmer $90,000

      By Selwyn Duke The definition of “totalitarian” is: “of or pertaining to a centralized government that does not tolerate parties of differing opinion and that exercises dictatorial control over many aspects of life. [Emphasis added.]” And while we’re not quite there yet — we still do hear other (mostly stupid) opinions — read the following…

  • Do You Really Want Constitutional Government?

    By Selwyn Duke There is a simple reason why we don’t have constitutional government: By and large, most Americans don’t want it. In fact, most don’t even know what it would entail. This is true even of most people who preach adherence to the Constitution. Just recently I lunched with a fellow commentator, an extremely…

  • Review of “Trickle Up Poverty”

    By Selwyn Duke As I was listening to Michael Savage’s radio show no more than a year ago, I heard something that might have caused his faithful listeners to scurry for the anti-depressants. (That is, if the host weren’t so steadfast in counseling against their use.) Dejected over his unfair inclusion on a list of…

  • On Nullification, Just Follow Liberals’ Lead

    By Selwyn Duke It isn’t often that conservatives can learn something from liberals, but I think the current debate over nullification is an exception. As you may know, nullification is the practice whereby a state or locality identifies a federal law as being unconstitutional and simply refuses to enforce it. It is also a practice…

  • That South Dakota Gun Mandate

    By Selwyn Duke The recent bill that would compel every South Dakota resident to buy a firearm has created quite a stir.  And since the piece I recently wrote on the subject evoked some fairly strong emotional responses, I want to clarify a few matters. Some respondents assumed that my article reflected a negative attitude…

  • South Dakota’s Proposed Gun Ownership Mandate and Constitutional Ignorance

    By Selwyn Duke There’s no doubt that conservatives’ understanding of the Constitution surpasses that of liberals – unfortunately, though, sometimes not by much.  And a recent South Dakota bill brings this to light.