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  • The Utah Polygamy Ruling and the Tale of the Slippery Slope

    By Selwyn Duke “Same sex marriage leads away from polygamy, not for it,” said the Brookings Institution’s Jonathan Rauch in 2012. Joining him was the Economist, which wrote just last year that “gay marriage” to polygamy was “A not-so-slippery slope.” But more and more it seems that these and other crystal-ball watchers have slipped on their…

  • Muslim Pedophilia in the UK Ignored by Politically-correct Authorities

    By Selwyn Duke It’s a shocking revelation. Authorities in the UK ignored a child-trafficking ring — and the beating, terrorizing, and sexual abuse of children. And it was for a very troubling reason: The perpetrators were Muslim. The Associated Press details the abuse:   About 1,400 children were sexually exploited in a northern England town,…

  • U.K. May Make Psychological Abuse, Humiliation Jailable Offenses

    By Selwyn Duke Polygamy may still be illegal in most of the West, but, increasingly, marriages today often include more than just two members: husband, wife — and Big Brother. The latest example is a proposal in the United Kingdom that would make actions such as “bullying” and withholding money in intimate relationships jailable offenses.…

  • Big Brother to Farmers: Host Same-sex Wedding or Pay Fine

    By Selwyn Duke It gives new meaning to the term “shotgun wedding”: Government officials in New York have told an upstate farming couple that they must host same-sex “weddings” on their property — and because they refused to do so they must pay a $13,000 fine. The hapless farmers are Robert and Cynthia Gifford, who…

  • Ex-Marine Gunner: Ferguson Shot Pattern Vindicates Officer Wilson

    By Selwyn Duke Does the unusual shot pattern in the Michael Brown shooting incident tell the tale of whether or not Ferguson Police officer Darren Wilson fired in self-defense? Ex-marine and video blogger Michael Wilson (no relation) certainly thinks so. And he has created a presentation explaining the significance of the pattern and why he…

  • How Facebook Can Manipulate the November Election

    By Selwyn Duke It was the focus of the film The Social Network, but critics say that Facebook has become a political network — one that is two-faced and facing left. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has long been pushing amnesty and targeting politicians who oppose it. Now, warns American Thinker’s Jonathon Moseley, Facebook is going…

  • U.S. Media: Only Republican Scandals Need Apply

    By Selwyn Duke Before the advent of the Gutenberg printing press in 1450, word of mouth was the main method for transmitting information. Perhaps this is why a proverbial “wise man” might have been so valued: In a largely illiterate world of rare handwritten manuscripts, he was the closest thing you had to a library,…

  • Immigration: The Ultimate Get-out-the-vote Drive

    By Selwyn Duke One reason predictions of a Mitt Romney victory in 2012 were inaccurate, say analysts, is that the turnout among certain Democrat constituencies — in particular blacks and Hispanics — was greater than expected. And what a significant factor this is. Whether we call it getting out the vote, having a great “ground…

  • Libertarian Folly: Why Everybody is a Social-issues Voter

    By Selwyn Duke There is this notion, one we hear more and more, that the Republican Party has to shed the social issues to seize the future. “Social issues are not the business of government!” says thoroughly modern millennial. It’s a seductive cry, one repeated this past Tuesday in an article about how some young…

  • Google’s War on Guns

    By Selwyn Duke While its corporate motto is “Don’t be evil,” its critics might say “Don’t be Google.” And this is especially true now that Google is saying “Don’t buy guns.” The search giant has announced that, starting in September, it will ban advertising of firearms, ammunition, and gun paraphernalia. As Google Support writes on…