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  • The Irrationality of the Left: Duke Responds to Reader on Constitution

    By Selwyn Duke Since an understanding of the Constitution is so rare nowadays, I've decided to respond to a poster who advocates the reckless and unlawful "living document" philosophy.  I address his points at length, and I think you may find elements of the response useful in framing your arguments when defending the Constitution. Robert…

  • The Jihadists in America

    By Selwyn Duke It is a bucolic region of verdant meadows, rolling hills, and babbling brooks, a largely peaceful place where big city hustle and bustle and crime are very far away. Yet, like a pig in a beauty contest, within this pastoral setting lies something incongruent: a Jihadist training center. In this compound, women…

  • The Constitution: Living Document or Childish Document?

    By Selwyn Duke It’s ironic that the more we describe our constitution as a “living document,” the more we turn it into a dead letter.  As to this terminal state, consider the current debate over health-care reform.  How many politicians give the constitutionality of the mammoth bills spawned by the Houses even the slightest consideration?…

  • 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…

  • The Covetous Crew of the COP15

    By Selwyn Duke While Copenhagen seems poised to enjoy a white Christmas, an equally noticeable color in the city was red, with flag-waving communists and socialists protesting and hoisting banners with messages such as “CAPITALISM MEANS WAR” and “CAPITALISM ISN’T WORKING, Crush the system not the climate.” They were well represented within the conference as…

  • The Pathology of the Rich Socialist

    By Selwyn Duke People such as George Soros and Michael Moore certainly talk a good game, but the next Mother Teresa they are not. Mother Teresa never criticized the free-market system; wealth just wasn’t for her. Soros and Moore are quite the opposite. They will never take a vow of poverty and dedicate themselves to…

  • Fathers Jailed for Opting Children Out of Sex Ed

    By Selwyn Duke Could you imagine being jailed simply because you decided to opt your children out of sex education? Well, this is exactly what is happening to a number of fathers in Germany. And, if certain forces in the United States have their way, such a policy could one day find its way to…

  • On the Front Lines of Global Warming Hysteria: Your Kids

    By Selwyn Duke When I was a wee lad in elementary school — this was back when global cooling was dogma — we kids had all heard about killer bees. You may remember the story: Scientists in Brazil had bred the African honey bee with a European honey bee and succeeded in creating, well, a…

  • Widow Says Husband Driven to Heart Attack after False Accusation of Pedophilia

    We’ve all heard about false accusations of sexual criminality, incidents such as the 2006 Duke University rape frame-up case. They are a form of psychological molestation and can destroy a person’s life just as being physically molested can. Well, now such an accusation might have ended a man’s life. The hapless victim, 63-year-old British citizen…

  • Boys’ Educational Failure is No Mystery

    By Selwyn Duke A lot has changed since 1960. If Connie Francis were to sing “Where the Boys Are” today, she would not likely be talking about Ft. Lauderdale. And she probably wouldn’t be talking about college, either. This is because, in a decades-old phenomenon, boys have increasingly been stumbling academically. Colleges have taken note…