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  • 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…

  • Dalai Lama: “I am a Marxist”

    By Selwyn Duke There is no better way to proclaim your lack of spiritual and philosophical depth than by, two decades after the fall of communism, disclosing that you’re Marxist.  Yet this is precisely what Buddhist spiritual leader the Dalai Lama did during a speech before 150 Chinese students at the University of Minnesota this…

  • Gandhi Reconsidered: When Paganism Met Progressivism

    By Selwyn Duke When an Indian-born man I knew a couple of decades ago expressed an intense dislike for Mohandas Gandhi, I found it a bit surprising. Wasn’t the “Great Soul,” that quintessential 20th-century icon, India’s George Washington? That certainly is the narrative created by historians — who, history has taught us, can tell a…

  • The Independent’s Over-the-top Anti-Catholic Bias

    By Selwyn Duke Except for those still caught in the web of the media matrix, it’s no secret that the Fossil Press seeks to destroy conservatism, tradition and Christianity.  It’s also plain that central to this are unrelenting attacks on the Catholic Church.  But a February 5 piece in The Independent written by one Michael…

  • 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…

  • Americans Lack Faith in Obama’s Faith

    By Selwyn Duke Increasingly, Americans might say the following about Barack Obama: “He’s definitely a man who has faith…. In what, I have no idea.” There’s good reason to wonder. Despite Obama’s claims of piety, his words and deeds speak otherwise. For example, during a trip to Indonesia, Obama told an audience that America’s motto…

  • Little Christian Boy Gives His Life Confronting Terrorists

    By Selwyn Duke He was small in stature but big in heart — and, presumably, faith. His name was Adam. And he is among the youngest of Christian martyrs. On October 31 there was a deadly terrorist attack on the Syrian Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of Deliverance in Baghdad, Iraq, while Mass was being…

  • Citizen, Class Warrior, Florida School Board Gunman…and Good Humanist

    By Selwyn Duke In the film “The Devil’s Advocate,” Satan poses as a powerful attorney bent on undermining man through the law.  When he finally reveals himself to the main character toward the movie’s end, he delivers a self-adulatory monologue during which he proudly states, “I’m a fan of man.  I’m a humanist.  Maybe the…

  • Blaming Religion for Homosexual Suicide

    By Selwyn Duke Can a waning phenomenon have a waxing effect? If a survey conducted on the relationship between religious messages and homosexual suicide is to be believed, the answer is yes. The survey, conducted jointly by the Public Religion Research Institute and the Religion News Service, found, writes Kirsten Moulton in The Salt Lake…

  • Yes, Folks, We All Would Legislate Morality (Psst, Even You Libertarians)

    By Selwyn Duke Really, I must be a glutton for punishment.  During the past couple of weeks, I wrote two articles on libertarianism and made the point that for a law to be just, it must have a basis in morality.  These commentaries evoked quite a response, ranging from lauding me as brilliant to lambasting…