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  • A Woman on Women

    By Selwyn Duke I must say that my eyebrows were raised by a piece by Charlotte Allen titled "We Scream, We Swoon. How Dumb Can We Get?"  She writes about her incredulity at how emotion driven and bereft of logic so many of her fellow women are.  Now, it’s not the subject matter that shocked…

  • The Mother of All Freudian Slips

    By Selwyn Duke When we use the term "Freudian Slip," it’s usually in reference to some ironic but meaningless slip of the tongue.  We might poke some good-hearted fun at the possessor of the slipped tongue, but we know we’re making sport of him and don’t really attach much importance to his mistake.  Yet, if…

  • Obama’s Terrorist Associations

    By Selwyn Duke Author Jonah Goldberg was on Hannity & Colmes last night talking about another one of Barack Obama’s unseemly associations.  He pointed out that the Illinois Lip once consorted with Bill Ayers, a former Weather Underground terrorist who set off bombs as part of his campaign against America.

  • An Apology for Slavery?

    By Selwyn Duke During the past year, five states have apologized for slavery, and now there’s an effort to follow suit in Congress.  Personally, I find this sickening.  And I’d like to make something clear: If our esteemed "leaders" issue such an apology, they do not do so on my behalf.  Leave me out of…

  • Real Inconvenient Truths…. About Abortion

    By Selwyn Duke Out of Britain comes a very sad, sad story. Emma Beck, an artist tormented by having aborted her twins, was found hanging at her home a day before her 31st birthday. Expressing her grief and regret in a suicide note, she wrote: "I should never have had an abortion. I see now…

  • A Must-read – Kosovo: Islamism’s New Beachhead?

    On Friday, FrontPageMagazine.com published an absolutely phenomenal article about our insane recognition of an "independent Kosovo," an action which helps to establish a Moslem beachhead in Europe.  The piece is written by Julia Gorin, and she does an excellent job of placing this matter in perspective, writing:

  • Newsmax: The Real Barack Obama

    Ronald Kessler of Newsmax.com wrote a very good piece titled "The Real Barack Obama."   He discusses Michelle Obama’s statement wherein she said, "I am proud of my country for the first time in my adult life."

  • You Could Hear a Pin Drop . . .

    Like everyone else, I receive many bulk emails.  Some are nonsensical, some are banal, but then there are a few that are worth relating.  The one that follows falls into that category.  While I can’t be sure that all the events actually happened (how can one be?), it nevertheless makes some important points in a…

  • Arming the Academy

    By Selwyn Duke Virtually all public universities maintain a prohibition against gun possession on their grounds. But in the wake of the recent campus shootings, this policy is coming under scrutiny. A chorus of activist voices, such as an Internet-based group named Students for Concealed Carry on Campus, is asking authorities to guarantee Second Amendment…

  • Scientist Says Obesity Needs to be Addressed Like Climate Change

    By Selwyn Duke The health police are at it again.  One Professor Philip James, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said obesity was such a big problem worldwide that, writes BBC News, ". . . action was needed now, even without clear evidence of the best options." Yup, sounds like the Al…