Category: Election 2026
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By Selwyn Duke “There are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them,” goes a paraphrase of philosopher Bertrand Russell. Some of these ideas, however, are not so absurd that a campaigning politician wouldn’t mouth them. This could come to mind with a recent comment from Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich.). Addressing…
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By Selwyn Duke Fourteen years ago, I wrote a piece titled “Does the GOP’s Demographic Death Spiral End in a Texas Graveyard?” Its theme was that demographic and cultural changes were making it increasingly difficult for Republicans to win national elections. And once these factors turned Texas “blue,” the GOP would be singin’ the blues. That is,…
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By Selwyn Duke In 2000, candidate John Loew pursued a novel way to gain an advantage in his Los Angeles County assessor’s race. He legally changed his name to John Lower Taxes Loew so that it would thus appear on the ballot. He ultimately wasn’t the winner, though. But he was something else: a piker…
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By Selwyn Duke Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed won the Democratic primary for Senate from Michigan last Tuesday. Or, did he? That is, legitimately. The question is apt because a new investigation has proven something striking: Illegal aliens did in fact vote in that race. Now a question arises: Was the vote fraud great enough to have…
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By Selwyn Duke “I vote for the person, not the party,” people will proudly say. This is considered the enlightened position, taken by “free thinking” Americans unconstrained by partisan politics. Why, they’re fair-minded: They judge every politician as an individual. Here’s what no one says: In general elections, this is often what demagogues want you…
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In 2006, it emerged that then-congressman Mark Foley (R-Fla.) had sent sexually explicit texts to a male congressional page. This made a continued career in GOP politics untenable, and he resigned from office the very next day. In 1989, it was revealed that a male prostitution/call-boy operation was being run out of the D.C. apartment…
