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  • Morgan Freeman is a Prejudiced Man

    By Selwyn Duke When someone insists on making negative judgments about a group, in the face of numerous facts saying otherwise, what do you call it? As most already know, actor Morgan Freeman recently made headlines by claiming that Republican opposition to Barack Obama was driven by bigotry.  His comments were made Friday in an…

  • Tax the Rich? Answering Elizabeth Warren

    By Selwyn Duke Former TARP chairman and Senate hopeful from Massachusetts Elizabeth Warren gave a shot in the arm to “progressives” everywhere this past Wednesday, with a rousing (or is it rabble-rousing?) extemporaneous speech on the virtues of taxing the rich. Her commentary quickly made the rounds on the Web and radio talk shows —…

  • The Case for Ending the EPA

    By Selwyn Duke In the Republican presidential debate last evening, some of the candidates passionately stated that the Environmental Protection Agency should be eliminated. It’s a position that sounds strange to some ears. As a respondent in a Fox News focus group said after the debate, and this is a paraphrase, “This all sounds good…

  • Statists Order High School to Change “Indians” Nickname

    By Selwyn Duke It’s time to originate a new joke: “What do you call 10,000 statists at the bottom of the sea? A good start.” What prompts me to quip about this watery solution is the latest bit of lunacy from the Tolerance and Diversity Nazis: Wisconsin education officials have ordered Berlin High School near…

  • The Security Sex

    By Selwyn Duke We have all heard about the sex gap in voting patterns.  This is the phenomenon whereby, in every election, women are far more likely to support liberal candidates than men are.  For instance, in 1996, Bill Clinton captured 54 percent of the women’s vote but only 43 percent of the men’s.  And…

  • That Presidential Look: The Bad, the Beautiful and Voting-booth Realities

    By Selwyn Duke While there was more than one reason why John McCain was a long shot to win the 2008 general election, a big one was something almost no one talked seriously about: appearance. That is to say, when was the last time an old-looking, white-haired, half-bald man won the presidency? If you think…

  • The Naked Truth and Public Nudity in San Francisco

    By Selwyn Duke There currently is a debate raging over public nudity in San Francisco. It’s not what you think. It’s already entirely legal to parade about in the buff on the city’s streets, and no one is discussing the resurrection of indecent-exposure laws. Rather, the question is whether sanitary behavior — namely, posterior protection…

  • How to Restore Freedom of Association and End Government Tyranny

    By Selwyn Duke Unfortunately, many Americans have become inured to the trampling of freedom of association. You can work your fingers to the bone starting a business, and the government becomes a partner that contributes nothing but extracts much. It not only shares your profits and regulates you to death, but, more to the point…

  • Cherokee Nation Revokes Citizenship Rights of Black Slave Descendants

    By Selwyn Duke Just a week ago this Monday, the Cherokee Nation’s Supreme Court ruled that the tribe may revoke the citizenship rights of black members. The case stemmed from a 2007 vote in which the Nation amended its constitution to allow the expulsion of the descendants of Cherokee-held slaves; this inspired a lawsuit by…

  • New American Cover Story: Multiculturalism

    By Selwyn Duke It is 1991, and Yugoslavia, born of the ashes of WWI, is starting to break up. It is a violent affair that will be long, painful, bloody, and complex. Numerous wars in the multi-ethnic region will be fought, with Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia declaring independence from Serb-dominated Yugoslavia and, in turn, Serb…