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  • North Dakotans Refuse to Fight for the Sioux — or the Culture

    By Selwyn Duke Earlier this week I wrote about North Dakota’s extraordinary referendum to ban all property taxes. Quite predictably, the state’s residents reacted to it in a very ordinary way: They defeated it by a wide margin. This isn’t surprising since people, especially conservatives, are generally uncomfortable with revolutionary ideas. Well, good ones, anyway.…

  • Is Bill Clinton a Caine Mutiny Coward?

    By Selwyn Duke If Dick Morris is right and Bill Clinton is like a solar panel — only warm and bright when the sun is shining — he has certainly been catching his share of rays recently with his defense of Mitt Romney’s record at Bain Capital. In case you missed it, the former President…

  • Democrats and Republicans: No, Both Parties Are Not the Same

    By Selwyn Duke There is a certain tiresome message we’ve all heard: the notion that the Republican and Democratic parties are the same. It’s often put forth by people who consider themselves outside-the-box thinkers, and they fancy their point of view the enlightened one. Sometimes cynical George Carlin types, their message is, “Hey, I’m smart…

  • North Dakota Votes on Abolishing Property Taxes

    By Selwyn Duke When North Dakotans go to the polls today, they'll have a chance to strike a blow for freedom. They can make their state the first in the nation to ban all property taxes.    With such levies having become a fixture on the American landscape, the ND proposal is seen as being…

  • The Immorality of Liberals

    By Selwyn Duke “I think he did the right thing,” said the man, emphatically, in reference to Bill Clinton’s 1990s infidelity with Monica Lewinsky.  The sentiment, expressed during a conversation I had some years ago, was really no surprise.  You see, the fellow was a fine specimen of his political species. In every civilization you…

  • Obama Administration: Cory Booker is “Dead to Us”

    By Selwyn Duke Newark mayor Cory Booker made the mistake of deviating from the Marxocrat Party line, and now he’s learning the hard way that illiberal modern liberals don’t tolerate dissent.  In fact, zey have vays of making you not talk.  And, it seems, of not talking to you.

  • Trampling Freedom of Speech: State Tries Censoring Online Advice Column

    By Selwyn Duke As far as diet goes, I believe you should adhere to the old adage “everything in moderation” and avoid extreme regimens of all kinds. I don’t know what you think of this counsel, but North Carolina’s position seems to be the following: I just broke the law. Blogger Steven Cooksey found this…

  • Michelle Obama’s Food Desert Myth

    By Selwyn Duke It may be a peculiar manifestation of American exceptionalism, but the United States has the distinction of being a nation that actually has fat poor people. This doesn’t sit well with those who want to grow government faster than waistlines, and thus do we have Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” campaign, designed to…

  • The Left, the Right and the Wrong Side of History

    By Selwyn Duke It’s always amusing when secularists speak of traditionalists being on the “wrong side of history.” We heard this recently after the vote in North Carolina upholding marriage; liberals said that the state was on the wrong side of history. Now, these people are circling around something that is absolutely true, and it's…

  • The 10 Least Religious States: Also the Meanest?

    By Selwyn Duke When it comes to religiosity, some American states truly do fit in to the union — the European Union, that is. According to recent surveys, the most and least religious states are mainly where one might expect: respectively, the Bible Belt of the South, and New England and the West. A recent…