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  • Does Christian Fundamentalism “Infect” Our Schools?

    By Selwyn Duke As if cuing ominous music, we hear incessant warnings today about “Christian nationalism” and “fundamentalism.” We’re supposed to fear these forces and, in particular, their alleged inroads into education. In fact, as the Los Angeles Times writes this week, this phenomenon threatens to “destroy” our schools and transform us “from a democracy to a…

  • Many Gen Zers Don’t Like America. Is It Surprising?

    By Selwyn Duke A recent survey found that 40 percent of Generation Z believes our Founding Fathers are more akin to villains than heroes. This stat is just a reflection, too, of a generation that studies show is the least patriotic in American history. In fact, laments one Gen Z (born between 1997 and 2012)…

  • Education Does Broaden One: University Hires “Fatness Studies” Prof

    By Selwyn Duke “Fat liberation” and “representation” used to mean liberating fat from your body so it wouldn’t be overrepresented there anymore and you could fit into last year’s swimsuit. Now it’s the business of a new breed of activists, one of whom was just hired by Pennsylvania State University to teach students about, among…

  • Louisiana, Law, and Lies: Is Displaying the Ten Commandments in Classrooms Constitutional?

    By Selwyn Duke “The fundamental basis of this Nation’s law was given to Moses on the Mount,” said a famed American figure. “The fundamental basis of our Bill of Rights comes from the teachings which we get from Exodus and St. Matthew, from Isaiah and St. Paul.” Which evangelist said the above? Billy Graham? Pat…

  • Professor Wants to Commit “Genocide” Against Western Civilization

    By Selwyn Duke Westerners used to believe they were heirs to the greatest civilization to ever grace God’s green Earth. They then descended into a culturally relativistic mentality stating, “Who’s to say one civilization is better than another?” The next transition was a cynical, “Meh, we’re not so hot.” Then there was the full-bore hatred…

  • Are We Making Language “Funner” Because We’re Getting Dumber?

    By Selwyn Duke “Why can’t the English teach their children how to speak?!” asked (sang, actually) Professor Henry Higgins in the old play My Fair Lady. Today we could wonder likewise about our culture: Why can’t Americans teach their children how to speak — or write? One reason is that not only do few among even…

  • Government Schools: When Satan Is Welcomed In, Is It Time to Get Your Kids Out?

    By Selwyn Duke Oklahoma has, some sources say, the dubious distinction of having the greatest number of strong tornadoes per unit area in the United States. One tornado that won’t hit the state, however, is a storm of satanic “ministers” in government schools, says Oklahoma’s top education official. The satanists are, though, announced Superintendent Ryan…

  • Students Protest: Bring Back Officer Who Got Physical With S.C. Girl

    Selwyn Duke Deputy Ben Fields has been condemned in the media and called names. He has been fired from the Richland County Sheriff's Department. And the federal government has launched a civil-rights investigation into his apprehension of a defiant student who was disrupting her class last Monday. Yet some of the people who know him…

  • S.C. Cop Who Got Physical With Girl Was Right, Says Expert

    By Selwyn Duke Officials have used terms such as "outrageous,” "reprehensible," and "shamefully shocking" to describe what they see in a video about a police officer who enforced rules on a girl. But do such reactions best characterize the cop’s behavior — or the girl’s? By now millions of people have seen the viral video…

  • Liberal Hypocrisy: Diversity Now! (Psst: Just Not in Our Kids’ Schools)

    By Selwyn Duke Diversity for thee but not for me, seems to be the leftist message. At least that’s the takeaway from a little incident in Brooklyn, NYC, which a writer is calling “the Capitol of Liberal Hypocrisy.” It’s a tale of two Brooklyn schools and two Brooklyn worlds. One world is, as National Review…