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  • Teach Homosexuality to Five-year-olds?

    By Selwyn Duke Has Barack Obama set his sights on the wrong seat of power?  If this Daily Mail article is any indication, perhaps he should have run for prime minister of Britain.  Writes the paper:

  • Jury Accepts “Global Warming Made Me Do it” Defense

    By Selwyn Duke If you’re like me, you’ve become accustomed to the insanity that reigns in modern times and are hard to shock.  But try this story on for size: A jury in England has acquitted some Greenpeace activists for damaging a power station because their concern over climate change gave them a compelling reason…

  • The Article That Brought Hate-speech Charges

    By Selwyn Duke It’s not a new story anymore, but late last year columnist Mark Steyn was summoned to appear before two Canadian "human-rights" tribunals (how is that for an Orwellian euphemism?) to discuss hate-crime charges.  At issue was his piece "The Future Belongs to Islam," which appeared in Macleans magazine and is an excerpt…

  • European Environment Minister Calls Green Position on Climate Change “hysterical psuedo-religion”

    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: 

  • Catcher in the Rye No Longer Cool

    By Selwyn Duke Like many alive today, I had to read The Catcher in the Rye in high school.  I can’t really say I learned much from the book, although, just to be fair, I must point out that I wasn’t exactly a dedicated student at the time.  But the work was supposed to be…

  • Beware the Biden Bounce

    By Selwyn Duke The Gallup polling organization says it’s official: There is a bounce associated with Barack Obama’s pick of Joe Biden as his vice-presidential running mate. And John McCain got it. 

  • Mail Bag: Reader Says Duke is Anti-male

    By Selwyn Duke In response to my piece "Why John Edwards’ Affair Matters," F wrote:

  • Howard Dean: Republicans the “White Party”

    By Selwyn Duke So Howard "Dumbo" Dean is at it again.  In the interview excerpt above, he calls the Republican Party the "white party" while touting the inclusiveness of the Democrats. It’s really amazing that the Democratic National Committee allows this buffoon to be their standard bearer.  I mean, he really is the gift that…

  • Guiness World Record: Worst Mouse Plague

    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…

  • Breaking: Russia at War

    By Selwyn Duke Russian jets bombed a Georgian airbase just outside the Georgian capital Tbilisi on Friday, and today Russia sent perhaps as many as 150 tanks into the breakaway Georgian province of South Ossetia in support of Russian separatists in the area.  Reports Reuters: