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  • No, We Can’t — Just Get Past Race

    By Selwyn Duke There is this idea among many that we can get past apparent differences by concluding they don’t exist. This is reflected in the now common belief that racial distinctions are mere “social constructs.” In non-egghead terms, that means race is actually imaginary. This idea isn’t just espoused by liberals, but has become…

  • Upset about Big Brother’s ban on incandescent bulbs? Buy a heatball!

    This is just too good. Many of you know that the federal ban on conventional incandescent light bulbs recently went into effect. And while House Republicans included a provision in a recent spending bill that will block funding for the ban’s enforcement, it’s said that it will have little effect; manufacturers have prepared for the…

  • Mars Attacks: Scientists Say Aliens May Destroy Mankind Over Global Warming

    By Selwyn Duke Three years after the release of the remake The Day the Earth Stood Still, a team of American researchers has made the film’s theme a scientific theory: They are suggesting that an alien race might destroy man to stop our release of greenhouse-gas emissions and global warming. Writes Fox News: The thought-provoking…

  • Defend It Like Beckham: Soccer Star Condemned for Having Too Many Children

    By Selwyn Duke Adorning an article in the Guardian is a picture you might think represented a prototypical family: a handsome couple standing behind three healthy, well-grown children. But according to the British paper, the parents — soccer star David Beckham and his wife, Victoria — are to be condemned. The problem is that, with…

  • Researchers Concerned About Creation of Human/Animal Hybrid “Monsters”

    By Selwyn Duke When we hear about the implantation of human genes in animals, it may conjure up images right out of the story The Island of Dr. Moreau. Of course, present-day experiments of this kind take a more modest form, such as the Chinese’s introduction of human stem cells into goat fetuses or U.S. scientists’…

  • The Great Race Deception

    By Selwyn Duke Just about two years ago, people were speaking of a new era: post-racial America. Well, it occurs to me that if we get any more post-racial, we’ll have a race war. And the latest on this front is a new exhibit at the Boston Museum of Science (MOS) called “RACE – Are…

  • Stinking in America: Is Not Washing the New PC Trend?

    By Selwyn Duke People such as me are often accused of wanting to return to the 19th century. But, if the New York Times is right about a new trend, some on the Left want to go back to the Middle Ages. What is that trend? Avoiding soap, deodorant, and even bathing regularly. Today, though,…

  • Engineering Oblivion: Eugenics, the Remaking of Man and Unmaking of Morality

    By Selwyn Duke The year is 1941, and the Nazis are in the midst of their Lebensborn program. Men of pure Aryan stock — especially members of the Waffen-SS, thought the cream of the crop — have a special purpose. In many occupied countries, they are encouraged to mate with blonde-haired, blue-eyed women — those…

  • 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…

  • Scientists One Step Closer to Creating “Artificial Life”

    Hailed as a breakthrough, a cell driven by synthetic DNA has been created. But what are the implications for science, man and faith? By Selwyn Duke In a development that has alarmed and excited many, scientists have brought the world one step closer to creating what’s known as “artificial life.” The breakthrough is the handiwork…