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  • Democrazy: Egypt and the Eternal Constitution

    By Selwyn Duke A little less than a century ago, the West entertained the notion that WWI would be “the war to end all wars.”  Insofar as this was seriousness and not just selling point, it was naiveté.  Obviously, a military solution cannot solve a moral problem – nor can it change man’s nature.  And…

  • 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),…

  • Is Turkey the Next Big Islamic Threat?

    While often hailed as a triumph in Muslim democracy, Turkey may ultimately pose a greater Islamic threat than Hezbollah, Hamas, Syria, and even Iran, says former PLO terrorist Walid Shoebat. By Selwyn Duke When we think of terrorism, our minds may go to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and nuclear ambitions, Osama bin Laden or the Taliban. But…

  • Understanding the Global-warming Jihadists

    By Selwyn Duke "I was born with a chronic anxiety about the weather," said John Burroughs in 1877.  Today, anxiety about the weather is more common than ever, although it’s not inborn but cultivated in schoolrooms, through television sets and by lying, rapacious ex-vice presidents.  And I have anxiety about the weather, too — especially…

  • Nice Guys, and Obama, Finish Last

    By Selwyn Duke When it comes to foreign affairs, Barack Obama may be learning that a policy of apologizing profusely, bowing low and carry a small stick doesn’t get you as far as realpolitik. In fact, this victory in personal growth may be the only thing he could possibly take away from his recent trip…

  • Congressman Joins Michael Savage in Fight Against U.K. Government

    Talk show host Michael Savage is finally getting some support from the political world in his battle against the British government. But while the intrepid radio star will no doubt prevail, is his case a portent of things to come?    By Selwyn Duke After six months on a list of individuals banned from travel…

  • The Blasphemy Resolution Story: A Clarification

    By Selwyn Duke Recently I wrote a piece titled "Obama Pushing Secular UN Anti-Free Speech Resolution," wherein I reported on Barack Obama's support of a Muslim-inspired United Nations anti-blasphemy resolution. In it I cited a liberal professor named Jonathan Turley, who wrote the following: While attracting surprisingly little attention, the Obama administration supported the effort…

  • Obama Pushing Secular UN Anti-Free Speech Resolution

    Let’s be clear about two undeniable facts: First, most of the major players in this scheme — that is, the statist leaders of Western nations and the “worldists” at the U.N — are secularists. Second, you could cut the implicit self-righteousness here with a scimitar. Turley and his ilk would leave observers with the impression…

  • Is Obama Turning Us into the Next Evil Empire?

    By Selwyn Duke When Ronald Reagan called the Soviet Union an "evil empire" in 1983, he was articulating in the boldest terms what had always been an American understanding. The Kremlin had long been fomenting communist revolution the world over, and we had long pursued our policy of "containment." Thus did we fight wars in…

  • Guest Piece: The Ugly American

    By Bruce Walker Five decades ago, during the heart of the Cold War, a term entered modern political vocabulary:  The Ugly American.  Based upon a 1958 novel of the same name, the phrase began to be used to describe the whole range of thoughtless mistakes which Americans made and which led to the loss of…