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  • Constitutional Confusion

    By Selwyn Duke World Net Daily had a piece yesterday about the Bush administration’s support for a gun-control measure.  WND tells us that  U.S. Solicitor General Paul D. Clement argued, "Since ‘unrestricted’ private ownership of guns clearly threatens the public safety, the 2nd Amendment can be interpreted to allow a variety of gun restrictions .…

  • Canadian Publisher Investigated for “Hate Speech”

    By Selwyn Duke In a day or two I will publish a piece about the battle for free speech being waged throughout the West.  Thus, it’s quite apropos that I came across the story of Ezra Levant, a Canadian publisher and commentator who is being investigated for "hate speech" by one of those euphemistically-named "human…

  • Bring Back School Uniforms

    By Selwyn Duke Back when I used to have a real job (OK, almost real), I would pass the local secondary on my commute home from work.  It could be a sight to behold.  If the most bizarre elements of your average American high school congregated in one room, it would, to steal a Pat…

  • Chris Matthews in the Dog House

    By Selwyn Duke Liberal pundit and host of "Hardball," Chris Matthews, has actually run afoul of the  politically-correct thought police.  I have no use for Matthews’ commentary and generally don’t watch his show, but, not surprisingly, this is one of the few times I agree with him.

  • The Mercury Danger of CFL Bulbs

    By Selwyn Duke World Net Daily had a startling story about the mercury danger posed by the new CFL light bulbs.  Those are the ones environmentalists are trying to ram down our throats through regulation.  It seems that if you break even just one in your home, you’re going to have to spend $2000 to…

  • The Emotion Notion

    By Selwyn Duke Although I’m not fond of psycho-babble terminology, if we can speak of emotional IQ, I can say it’s not very high in general.  We live in the age of Oprah — who has an encounter group masquerading as a TV talk show — the age of "I feel your pain."  Thus, it’s…

  • Obama’s Racist Associations

    By Selwyn Duke At American Thinker, writer Lee Cary treats Barack Hussein Obama’s racial hypocrisy.  After pointing out that Obama has been preaching a philosophy of inclusiveness, saying there is no black America or white America (the "uniter, not a divider" schtick), Cary exposes the hollowness of the senator’s words.  Writes Cary: 

  • The Plastic Lady

    By Selwyn Duke The pundits were writing Plastic Lady’s epitaph,Pointing to lines going down on a graph.She had a bad finish out west a little ways;To socialist utopians, it was the end of days.

  • Hillary’s Collapse and the Swing Voter

    By Selwyn Duke After Barack Hussein Obama’s win in Iowa, many in the media were speaking of Hillary Clinton’s imminent demise.  It might have seemed that in an effort to manufacture a story, her epitaph had been written prematurely.  Yes, Obama was poised to duplicate his resounding Iowa victory in New Hampshire, but Lady Macbeth…

  • Duke Responds to Reader Who Says He’s Too Negative

    By Selwyn Duke A while back I received an email from a reader who complained that while I’m very good at leveling criticism, I don’t provide many solutions.  Since I’ve heard this before — not frequently, but it has been said — I wanted to respond.