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  • Texas Schools Instituting Mandatory Arabic Language and Culture Classes

    By Selwyn Duke It seems that it was a well-kept secret. Residents in the Mansfield Independent School District in Texas found out just this Monday evening that the district had decided to force some of their children to take Arabic language and culture classes. As for the impetus behind the move, as they say, just…

  • The Brit PM’s Limp-wristed Attack on Multiculturalism

    By Selwyn Duke A sad testimonial as to the effete state of Western culture is that even ineffectual, feminized defenses of it are applauded as brave.  Case in point: British Prime Minister David Cameron has made news by giving a speech in which he said that “state multiculturalism” has failed.  And while he earned three…

  • Chinese Segregation: No Caucasian Mummies Need Apply

    By Selwyn Duke The Chinese exhibition “Secrets of the Silk Road” ran without incident in California and Texas. But now Chinese authorities have decided that parts of it really must be kept secret and have ordered that some artifacts and, most notably, a certain mummy not be displayed. The news came as a blow to…

  • The Tyranny of Human Rights Commissions

    By Selwyn Duke If you want to know what lies just a little ways further down the rabbit hole of political correctness, go north, Western man. If you do, you’ll wind up in Canada, where the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal (OHRT) has given us what columnist Margaret Wente calls “The case of the smelly lunch.” But…

  • That South Dakota Gun Mandate

    By Selwyn Duke The recent bill that would compel every South Dakota resident to buy a firearm has created quite a stir.  And since the piece I recently wrote on the subject evoked some fairly strong emotional responses, I want to clarify a few matters. Some respondents assumed that my article reflected a negative attitude…

  • South Dakota’s Proposed Gun Ownership Mandate and Constitutional Ignorance

    By Selwyn Duke There’s no doubt that conservatives’ understanding of the Constitution surpasses that of liberals – unfortunately, though, sometimes not by much.  And a recent South Dakota bill brings this to light.

  • The Nanny Staters at Life’s Dangerous Intersections

    By Selwyn Duke Increasingly, our government reminds me of a certain old Star Trek episode.  It was titled “I, Mudd,” and in it the Enterprise explorers found themselves in the grip of seemingly perfect androids determined to serve man.  The automatons informed the crew that humans were “self-destructive,” needed their “help” and couldn’t be trusted…

  • Nullifying Federal Nullification: Time for States to Stand Tall

    By Selwyn Duke Question: Are rules meant for only one side? Are civil laws meant for citizens but not the police? Are moral laws meant for laymen but not clergy? Okay, one more: Are constitutional limitations meant for states but not the feds? Our federal government has long violated the Constitution. But blatantly unconstitutional ObamaCare…

  • Is it Time to Expand the Fairness Doctrine?

    By Selwyn Duke In keeping with the demagogue’s credo “Never let a good tragedy go to waste,” some among us are extracting as much mileage from the Jared Loughner massacre as they can.  It is being used to raise money and reduce freedom, with the latter amounting to calls for gun and speech control.  And…

  • The Lost Man Behind the Leftist Myth

    By Selwyn Duke To be frank, any exposition upon Arizona murderer Jared Lee Loughner’s life must start with a certain acknowledgment: He is not a sane man. I don’t mean this figuratively in the way public officials might use metaphor, such as when Barack Obama spoke of bringing a gun to a fight with Republicans…