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  • 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…

  • Warehousing Human DNA

    By Selwyn Duke Bob Unruh at WorldNetDaily.com has an interesting article about a state of Minnesota plan to collect the DNA of newborns without parental consent.  Writes Unruh:

  • Barack and Hillary: Love is a Warm Gun

    By Selwyn Duke Writing in The Wall Street Journal, David Kopel discusses Hillary Clinton’s and Barack Obama’s newfound love of guns.  The piece is titled "The Democrats and Gun Control," and Kopel does an excellent job of exposing the comic hypocrisy exhibited by these hard-core leftists who now masquerade as staunch supporters of second-amendment rights. …

  • Gunning for Freedom of Association

    By Selwyn Duke If Florida Governor Charlie Crist signs the take-your-guns-to-work measure into law, the state’s residents won’t have to worry about being rendered defenseless in the workplace. This is a noble aim, and I can certainly sympathize with the motivation behind it, as employers who kowtow to political correctness find no favor with me.…

  • 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."