Category: Freedom of Speech

  • The conservative firebrand tries to hoist the speech-stifling left on its own human-rights petards. By Selwyn Duke Most of us probably remember that standard elementary-school threat, “I’m gonna tell!” which meant that an appeal to authority for redress was in the offing. The one issuing it was sometimes a tattletale, but, regardless, since children aren’t…

  • By Selwyn Duke Many of us have heard about Geert Wilders, the Dutch parliamentarian currently on trial in Holland because he criticized Islam. It’s shocking to many that you could be charged with a hate crime for expressing an opinion, but such prosecutions are not unheard of in the Western world beyond American shores. After…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Elderly Woman Persecuted for Expressing Christian Beliefs http://youtube.com/v/h0MV3Ls1-BMThis is yet another story about an English Christian being persecuted for voicing her beliefs. In this case the victim is Pauline Howe, who received a visit from the police after writing a letter to local authorities expressing displeasure with a homosexual parade.

  • Free Speech is Dead in England – Conquered by Islam http://youtube.com/v/5PTBIGxJb5A Could you imagine being brought up on criminal charges simply for debating religion with a Moslem? Well, that's exactly what happened to the two English Christians featured in this news report. After Ben And Sharon Vogelenzang engaged in a debate about faith with an…

  • 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…

  • https://selwynduke.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/savage-presentation-britain-rules-by-knaves-08-05-09.mp3 Britain Ruled by Knaves: Savage Banned to Fill White Man Quota – 08/05/09

  • By Selwyn Duke When I first heard that radio host Michael Savage had been banned from traveling to England along with an assortment of Moslem terrorists and other miscreants, my first thought was that the public relations arm of the politically correct thought police had struck again.  It only made sense.  Given how Britain is…

  • By Selwyn Duke Ever since the separation-of-church-and-state ruling in 1947, there has been an ever-intensifying effort to denude our public sphere of religious symbols and sentiments. The latest attack is a lawsuit to prevent “In God We Trust” and the Pledge of Allegiance from being engraved on the newly-built Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, D.C.…