Category: Politics
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By Selwyn Duke So often today we use weasel words, terms that just aren’t, you might say, “up to the challenge.” We may state that something is “inappropriate,” “suboptimal,” “problematic,” “misguided,” or “inadvisable” — even if it’s downright wicked. But not so with Bishop Michael Burbidge of the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia. He’s urging Catholics…
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By Selwyn Duke “Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians,” warned intellectual Thomas Sowell, “who must be civilized before it is too late.” And much we’ve seen for many years now raises a question: Is it already too late? With video-recording devices everywhere today, we get to witness…
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By Selwyn Duke An interesting thing happened years ago when undercover reporters, posing as an anti-firearms group, approached liberal journalist Bob Braun with a large sign stating, “THIS HOME IS PROUDLY GUN FREE.” They wanted to know: Would you support the cause and display it on your lawn? “I agree with you and I am…
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By Selwyn Duke Call it the Trotsky treatment, the Robespierre rub out, the Kronstadt-sailor stamp out. New York City’s avowedly socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani has just learned something the hard way. You can never be pure enough for that ever-morphing malignancy: a left-wing revolution. The issue? The mayor has incurred the wrath of anti-Israel demonstrators…
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By Selwyn Duke It’s common, and tempting, to dismiss one’s political opponents as “stupid.” Liberals may call conservatives “mouth-breathers” or “MAGA-billies,” while conservatives may hurl pejoratives such as “libtards” or “Dumbocrats.” This can be emotionally pleasing and sometimes, perhaps, even rhetorically effective. But does conservatives’ “stupidity” narrative blind them to darker realities and deeper dangers?
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By Selwyn Duke It was 20 years ago now that three Duke University lacrosse players were indicted on rape and other charges after a stripper, Crystal Mangum, claimed she was attacked at a team party. It became a real media cause célèbre, with pseudo-elites everywhere condemning the male undergraduates. But the case blew up in…
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By Selwyn Duke It was during the French Revolution, that bloody 10-year affair, that modern “leftism” was officially born. We’re seeing shades of it, too, in France currently, with widespread rioting, arson, vandalism, and looting. This is the result of what are called “protests,” ostensibly motivated by a desire for better school conditions. (And, of…
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By Selwyn Duke About 10 years after I graduated from the Bronx High School of Science, I drove by the old place to see how it was doing. The kids were out for lunch, and a profound difference was apparent. Asian-descent (AD) pupils, well represented already when I attended, appeared to be at least 50…
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By Selwyn Duke Much of what governs how people vote isn’t reality, but perception of it. Just consider the economy. We’re supposedly experiencing an “affordability crisis.” It is true, too, that Iran-conflict disruptions have raised oil prices. Yet there’s also much good economic news — though you wouldn’t know it listening to the legacy media.
