Category: Science

  • By Selwyn Duke The great G.K. Chesterton once said, "Really, there are only two kinds of people: those who accept dogmas and know it, and those who accept dogmas and don’t know it."  If you want to read the musings of those in the latter category, you need look no further than the hostile postings…

  • By Selwyn Duke Writing at American Thinker, Rick Moran reports on a strange celestial object that has stumped scientists.  In a nutshell, it appeared out of nowhere, its brightness varied, its distance from Earth couldn’t be ascertained with any precision, it disappeared inexplicably after only 100 days, scientists have never encountered anything like it before,…

  • By Selwyn Duke BBC News is running a piece about British Environment Minister Sammy Wilson.  He is one of those rare politically-incorrect European public figures, as he scoffs at the notion of anthropogenic climate change.  Writes the BBC: 

  • This article first appeared in the June 23, 2008 issue of The New American magazine. By Selwyn Duke If you’re like most alive today, you grew up with Paul R. Ehrlich’s Malthusian idea of a “population bomb.” It just seems like common sense that man will increase his numbers inexorably until, one day, we find…

  • This isn’t a new story anymore, but the footage is so unbelievable that it’s worth posting.  It is of the Australian mouse plague, a disaster of biblical proportions.  It really makes you realize that you have to count your blessings. Oh, by the way, if you’re easily put off by such things, you may not…

  • By Selwyn Duke Ever since the dawn of the atomic age, the world has been a different place. This change is epitomized by an image we’ve all seen, that of a nuclear detonation and ensuing mushroom cloud. It’s a picture worth more than a thousand words, one representing the ultimate in worldly power: the capacity…

  • By Selwyn Duke On Monday of this week, The Savage Nation radio show was devoted to the topic of autism, with many experts from the mental-health field appearing.  It was possibly one of the best shows on the condition ever aired, informative and eye-opening.  Thus, I’m providing a link here to interviews and audio clips…

  • By Selwyn Duke There are two more things I want to mention about Michael Savage’s comments on Autism and my subsequent commentary.  First, Savage has now addressed the matter at his website, and his explanation vindicates my interpretation of what he said.  But more on that in a moment.  Second, after talking to a friend…

  • By Selwyn Duke It seems as if taking offense is the recreation of choice in modern America. The latest example (of which I’m aware; I’m sure our UPS {umbrage per second} statistic is sky high) has resulted in a planned protest at WOR Radio in Manhattan over some comments radio talk show host Michael Savage…

  • By Selwyn Duke The topic of spiritual health is much more interesting than that of physical health (yet we’re obsessed with the latter), so I’d rather talk about fat egos than fat bodies.   But today I’m going to make an exception.