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  • Read a Book, Get Charged with Racial Harassment

    By Selwyn Duke The May 9 edition of the New York Post carries a short article by an Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis student named Keith John Sampson. He tells a story of being charged with "racial harassment" simply because he was "caught" reading an anti-Ku Klux Klan book. I’m not kidding. Sampson tells his story:

  • Is Tax Money Subsidizing Useless Energy Schemes?

    By Selwyn Duke    I’d appreciate a viable alternative energy source as much as anyone else.  After all, who wouldn’t like to run his car for a third or fourth the cost?  I don’t have much confidence in government schemes to develop those new sources, however, and the May 12 edition of The Wall Street…

  • Tobacco, Tolerance and Truth

    By Selwyn Duke To paraphrase that great man of letters, G.K. Chesterton, “There will come a time when people consider smoking a cigar to be more offensive than abortion.” Given that the jolly philosopher left us for the ethereal typewriter in the sky in 1936, it’s amazing how prescient he was.

  • Reader Email: On Who Shouldn’t Vote

    By Selwyn Duke I received an email from a young man who is addressing a very interesting topic.  Here is his email:

  • The Anti-tobacco Nazis

    By Selwyn Duke I’ve written about anti-smoking laws before and the zealots who often enforce them, but prohibiting lighting up at a pipe convention really takes the cake.  And that’s exactly what has happened in St. Charles, Illinois, at the Chicagoland International Pipe & Tobacciana Show.  Writing about this at ChicagoTribune.com, Steve Schmadeke tells us:

  • Reader Email: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

    By Selwyn Duke My last two pieces, the one on Obama and the one on psychology, have evoked quite a response.  And the emails run the gamut; some are literate and uplifting, others are just complimentary (always welcome!), while others still are indicative of extreme dislocation from reality.  Here are a few, and after each…

  • The Myth of Peak Oil?

    By Selwyn Duke The director of  economic policy studies at the Hudson Institute, Irwin Stelzer, has penned a very interesting article called "It’s a myth that the world’s oil is running out."  As the title indicates, Stelzer puts forth the thesis that the Earth contains enough accessible oil to last for generations.  Moreover, he says…

  • When Will We Admit the Truth About Barack Obama?

    By Selwyn Duke If you interview someone for a job, you’ll expect him to tell you what you want to hear. There’ll be a façade, and his darker side will remain well-hidden. Now, let’s say a requirement for the job is that the applicant likes children, and he does his best Captain Kangaroo. But then…

  • Does Bill Want Hill to Lose?

    By Selwyn Duke Writing at The Loft, Cheri Jacobus posits the theory that Bill Clinton’s missteps during the campaign are not missteps at all, but part of a Machiavellian strategy to ensure his wife’s defeat.  In making her case, Jacobus writes:

  • Clinton Wins Pa. — What Were We Talking about?

    By Selwyn Duke So Hillary Clinton has won Pennsylvania, which means the media will have something to talk about for the next week at least.  Really, though, this is much ado about nothing; I mean, for approximately the last couple of months, her chances of winning the nomination have been between slim and none, and…