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  • The Truth about Obama’s Muslim “Faith”

    By Selwyn Duke Now that Barack Obama has decided to be for the Ground Zero mosque before being implicitly against it (perhaps), discussion about his faith has once again reached a fever pitch.  To many, his stance proves he’s a Muslim, with a recent poll showing that almost 20 percent of Americans hold that opinion;…

  • Lack of Intellectualism is Losing the Marriage Debate

    By Selwyn Duke Judge Vaughn Walker's legal ruling striking down California's Proposition 8 certainly was no triumph of intellectualism. But while it's easy to thus dismiss it, what's usually forgotten is that reasoning such as his flies only in a certain cultural milieu — a milieu that, in part, has been shaped by conservatives. Let's…

  • Generation Zero

    By Selwyn Duke While I certainly look back with fondness on the “Greatest Generation,” I can’t help but think that the superlative applied to it may be unwarranted. They did weather the Great Depression and defeat the National Socialists, but they also greatly empowered international socialists. These would be people such as Franklin Delano Roosevelt,…

  • Hello, I’m a Racist, Pleased to Meet You

    By Selwyn Duke There is such a thing as a conditioned response. Here's an example: Leftists call conservatives "racists." Conservatives cower and stutter some defense. Leftists call conservatives "racists" some more. Conservatives cower some more. Question: How do you think you break this pattern? We've seen this again with the recent vitriol spewed by NAACP…

  • Immigration, Reconsidered

    By Selwyn Duke While the Obama administration has chosen the southern side in the Mexican-Arizonan border war, most Americans stand with their countrymen.  They are troubled by the strain illegals place on services, the drugs and thugs moving north and blue-collar job prospects moving south.  Then there is another factor: the political and cultural one.

  • Change You Can Believe In: From Bushisms to Obamanisms

    By Selwyn Duke Shortly after Barack Obama was elected, one of his supporters, alluding to George W. Bush’s supposedly lacking intellect, said to me, “I’m just happy to have someone intelligent in the White House.” I’m sure Rahm Emanuel would be very flattered. Whatever you think of Bush, admittedly, his habitually knotted tongue did give…

  • When a People Tyrannizes Itself

      By Selwyn Duke                                        Tax 'Em High All around the realm was heard a fateful cry: 'Twill make us sleep the nightmare if ye tax the other guy. We can accept the yoke of poor polity, If the misery cursing all gives equality. Play one group against…

  • Why Kagan is Unqualified — and Dangerous

    By Selwyn Duke Despite being thoroughly unqualified to occupy the bench, Elena Kagan will most likely be confirmed to the Supreme Court.  This is because most of our 100 senators are almost as unqualified to judge a judge as she is to be one.  What is the proper criterion to apply?  Well, a simple analogy…

  • Barack Obama’s Attention Deficit Disorder

      By Selwyn Duke While I’m no fan of the Attention Deficit Disorder diagnosis, I think it may be applicable to Barack Obama.  After all, the man seems to suffer from a case of it that mainlining Ritalin wouldn’t remedy. Just consider Obama’s relationship with Jeremiah Wright.  Despite calling the prejudiced preacher a friend, mentor…

  • Drill, Baby, Drill . . . Still

    By Selwyn Duke The gulf oil gusher is a disaster of great proportions. We’ve all seen the pictures of petroleum-soaked birds and dead fish, and the area’s economy is on life support. The mishap truly is a tragedy for all, from Gulf residents to English pensioners to marine wildlife to, yes, BP itself. As bad…