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  • Nullifying Federal Nullification: Time for States to Stand Tall

    By Selwyn Duke Question: Are rules meant for only one side? Are civil laws meant for citizens but not the police? Are moral laws meant for laymen but not clergy? Okay, one more: Are constitutional limitations meant for states but not the feds? Our federal government has long violated the Constitution. But blatantly unconstitutional ObamaCare…

  • The Missing Link in the Evolution of Barack Obama

    By Selwyn Duke One of the problems with the idea of “American exceptionalism” is that it exacerbates a kind of complacency common to man.  This is the phenomenon whereby people often view themselves as exceptions, saying, after some tragedy, for instance, something such as “I never thought it could happen to me.” On a national…

  • Killing Our Constitution: Judge Declares ObamaCare Constitutional

    By Selwyn Duke Man’s power to rationalize truly seems to know no bounds. And a good example of sideshow-quality intellectual contortions is brought to us by U.S. District Judge Norman K. Moon, who on Tuesday dismissed a Liberty University lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of ObamaCare. In a 54-page opinion, Clinton appointee Moon used the following…

  • Dangerous United Nations Women’s Treaty Looms on Horizon

    By Selwyn Duke While Americans are thinking about turkey and the TSA (and turkeys in the TSA), as is often the case, the most destructive governmental shenanigans are occurring behind the scenes. On Thursday, November 18, the Senate held hearings on the U.N.’s Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW),…

  • U.S. Left: Onward Muslim Soldiers

    By Selwyn Duke When I think of modern America, conjured up is an image of a boxer who, while sometimes bobbing, weaving, blocking, and occasionally directing a blow with his right, intermittently hits himself in the head with his left. I also might then imagine how the other man in the ring would laugh upon…

  • The Illusion of Rightward Movement

    By Selwyn Duke In this time of Tea Parties and tanking Democrat poll numbers, people are, depending on their point of view, hailing or howling about an apparent conservative groundswell. More traditional folks anxiously anticipate a GOP landslide in November, while many liberals warn of the perils of our current rightward shift. What are they…

  • Great Patriotic Song

    This is an extremely well done patriotic music video that was sent to me by a reader.  I believe it's worthy of wider distribution, so I'm posting it here.  Listen, enjoy and pay the man a compliment in the comments section if you're so inclined.

  • O’Donnell vs. Coons: Analyzing Extremism

    By Selwyn Duke Unlike for most Americans, the Delaware senatorial primary was not my first introduction to Christine O’Donnell.  I remembered her from as far back as approximately 15 years ago, making appearances on shows such as “Politically Incorrect.”  So when I heard about her supposed “extremist views,” I had to wonder if I was…

  • Lack of Intellectualism is Losing the Marriage Debate

    By Selwyn Duke Judge Vaughn Walker's legal ruling striking down California's Proposition 8 certainly was no triumph of intellectualism. But while it's easy to thus dismiss it, what's usually forgotten is that reasoning such as his flies only in a certain cultural milieu — a milieu that, in part, has been shaped by conservatives. Let's…

  • When a People Tyrannizes Itself

      By Selwyn Duke                                        Tax 'Em High All around the realm was heard a fateful cry: 'Twill make us sleep the nightmare if ye tax the other guy. We can accept the yoke of poor polity, If the misery cursing all gives equality. Play one group against…