Category: Politics

  • After years of education’s leftward drift, Texas says remember the Alamo, remember America and remember the West. By Selwyn Duke In this age of new math and Newspeak, the term “revised standards” is usually a euphemism for lowered or, worse still, deformed ones. But not so in Texas 2010, where the State Board of Education…

  • By Selwyn Duke There was a time when boys of easy virtue had to content themselves with sneaking a peek at the girls’ swim team during practice. But social engineers may make this passé with a proposal to allow boys to use girls’ bathrooms and locker rooms. No, this isn’t the plot of a decadent…

  • https://selwynduke.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/savage-presentation-protecting-our-freedoms-and-wallet-03-05-10.mp3 Protecting Our Freedoms and Wallets — 03/05/10

  • By Selwyn Duke The word “hero” so often conjures up images of the brash and the bold. We may think of Audie Murphy’s WWII exploits, the Spartans at Thermopylae, or the doomed holdouts at the Alamo. But then there are the quiet heroes, people such as Oskar Schindler. Ever since Schindler’s List hit the silver…

  • Many have described Obama’s 9th-Circuit nominee Goodwin Liu as “brilliant,” but he’s not smart enough to know that rules apply to him also. By Selwyn Duke Like so many people nowadays, Barack Obama’s 9th Circuit Court of Appeals nominee is a very confused man. He seems to believe that rules are made to be broken.…

  • By Selwyn Duke She is now a healthy baby, bouncing about, playing with bubbles in the bathtub, and taking in everything this mysterious world she entered has to offer. But she almost never was. Or, at least, she almost never was outside the womb. In fact, she certainly never would have been had the aspiring…

  • By Selwyn Duke Damaged by scandal like his predecessor, New York’s Governor David Paterson has announced that he is withdrawing his bid to win election this November. The governor had been steadfast in his determination to capture a full term at the ballot box, despite low poll numbers and growing opposition within his own party.…

  • By Selwyn Duke Ronald Reagan once said that the nine scariest words in the English language are “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.” In thus opining, he was simply reflecting an American tradition that began with the Founding Fathers: a healthy suspicion of government. And, now, despite rampant government dependency, it seems…

  • “Outsourcing” charity to the government is not only inefficient, it’s not charity. Worse still, it’s evil. By Selwyn Duke A while back I read about a woman whose college professor had told her not to give to charity. His reasoning? It’s the government’s job. I wonder, would the good professor maintain this perspective were he…

  • By Selwyn Duke At one time some would call them “deniers.”  The more generous called them “skeptics.”  But now, increasingly, it appears that they can be called something else: sane.  Yes, the climate has certainly changed. Even in the mainstream media, the less liberal organs are waking up.  There is now a never-ending barrage of…