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  • Hate Speech Phonies

    By Selwyn Duke There are some people in the media who are content to recycle thoughts on a regular basis — I guess you could call it groundhog-day commentary.  I’m not one of them, so when I find it necessary to address hate-speech laws — something I’ve treated thoroughly — part of me just wants…

  • Fascist French Prosecute Brigitte Bardot for Anti-Islamist Dissent

    By Selwyn Duke I’m not sure when most of our somnolent countrymen will awake from their slumber and grasp the danger lying just on the horizon, but the speech-police fascists are getting more brazen by the day.  Now they’re prosecuting former film star Brigitte Bardot for "inciting racial hatred." 

  • Anti-Islamist Movie “Fitna” Pulled from Liveleak, but You Can Watch it Here

    Threats to its employees have caused Liveleak.com to pull Geert Wilders movie "Fitna" from its servers.  But you can watch it here.   

  • Internet Registry Freezes Domain of Anti-Islamist Critic

    By Selwyn Duke Dutch politician Geert Wilders is haunted by the specter of creeping Islamism in his nation. So much so that he created a 15-minute movie critical of Islam called Fitna. But while the oft-threatened, intrepid lawmaker hasn’t been deterred by the murder of fellow countryman Theo Van Gogh by a Moslem fundamentalist, others…

  • Breaking News: The Stifling of Free Speech – Internet Registry Freezes Domain of Anti-Islamist Movie

    By Selwyn Duke Participating in an effort to stifle criticism of Islam, Internet registry Network Solutions has frozen the domain of Dutch politician Geert Wilders.  Wilders, who has warned his countrymen of a "tsunami of Islamization," intended to release his movie Fitna — a critique of Islam — at the domain "http://fitnathemovie.com" by the end…

  • Boy, Do I Hate Duke

    By Selwyn Duke Because my estimation of academia couldn’t possibly get any lower, nothing Duke University does to further abuse the lacrosse players it crucified shocks me.  However, the world should be kept apprised of how the phony, hypocritical scoundrels at the institution are comporting themselves.  As to this, Clarice Feldman writing at American Thinker…

  • BBC News: Whistle-blower site taken offline

    By Selwyn Duke About a month ago I wrote a piece titled "The Race for the American Mind," which deals with free speech and discusses ways in which commentary on the Internet can be easily stifled.  Among the methods I discussed was one relating to domain registrars.  I wrote:

  • Holland’s Fear of Moslems

    By Selwyn Duke The Jerusalem Post has a short news piece about how Holland has delayed the release of a film critical of Islam for fear of reprisals from Moslems.

  • Litigation Nation

    By Selwyn Duke The Church of Scientology is threatening legal action against Andrew Morton, author of Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography, a work that paints the cult in a negative light.

  • Duke’s Latest WND Piece: Golf Walloped With PC Club

    By Selwyn Duke Golfweek magazine recently fired its editor, David Seanor, after a strong negative reaction to its January 19 issue, which featured a picture of a noose on its cover.  The image related to a story about embattled golf commentator Kelly Tilghman, whose recent comments referencing lynching brought her a two-week suspension.