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  • Hoisted With Their Politically-correct Petards

    By Selwyn Duke What goes around certainly does come around.  The first black president’s wife isn’t black enough to be immune from charges of bigotry. Isn’t it delicious? I am, of course, speaking of the recent Democrat race war.

  • Trying to Kill the Immigration Card

    By Selwyn Duke With the victories of Mike Huckabee and John McCain in the first two primary contests and Mitt Romney’s failures prior to Michigan, a fiction is being bandied about: The anti-amnesty position isn’t playing well in Peoria.

  • Commentary by Walter Williams – 1/18/08

    As usual, my favorite economist (OK, I have a favorite economist; I’m a boring guy), Walter Williams, is right on the money.  In his latest column he talks about the energy czars. Tyranny Update Last December, President Bush signed an energy bill that will ban the sale of Edison’s incandescent bulb, starting with the 100-watt…

  • The Times Slimes Veterans

    By Selwyn Duke The New York Times really could be the poster rag for the decline of the mainstream media.  Its new motto should be "All the news that fits our agenda," as rarely a week passes where my low opinion of it isn’t affirmed.  This time the paper issued its offense against Truth on…

  • Thomas Jefferson Said . . . 1/16/08

    "A wise and frugal government which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government." – Thomas Jefferson (1801)

  • Constitutional Confusion

    By Selwyn Duke World Net Daily had a piece yesterday about the Bush administration’s support for a gun-control measure.  WND tells us that  U.S. Solicitor General Paul D. Clement argued, "Since ‘unrestricted’ private ownership of guns clearly threatens the public safety, the 2nd Amendment can be interpreted to allow a variety of gun restrictions .…

  • The Race for the American Mind

    By Selwyn Duke Last year’s scamnesty bill had widespread support among the powers-that-be, with the president, the Democrat majority and mainstream media all singing its praises. Yet it went down to defeat, slain by a new-media coalition of talk radio and blogosphere warriors.  Working tirelessly to expose the truth and rally the grassroots, they became…

  • A Great Exposé of Hillary Clinton

    By Selwyn Duke There are many things I dislike about snooty former Britisher Christopher Hitchens; in fact, I’ve been thinking about making him the centerpiece of a none-too-flattering article.  Having said that, there’s no denying that when he’s right on an issue, he can treat it with flair and wit that are almost unparalleled.  Such…

  • Canadian Publisher Investigated for “Hate Speech”

    By Selwyn Duke In a day or two I will publish a piece about the battle for free speech being waged throughout the West.  Thus, it’s quite apropos that I came across the story of Ezra Levant, a Canadian publisher and commentator who is being investigated for "hate speech" by one of those euphemistically-named "human…

  • Chris Matthews in the Dog House

    By Selwyn Duke Liberal pundit and host of "Hardball," Chris Matthews, has actually run afoul of the  politically-correct thought police.  I have no use for Matthews’ commentary and generally don’t watch his show, but, not surprisingly, this is one of the few times I agree with him.