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  • Giving Thanks and Thanksgiving

    By Selwyn Duke The great philosopher G.K. Chesterton once said, "Thanks are the highest form of thought."  It was more than just a clever turn of phrase.  Not only is it true, but cultivating a thankful spirit is one of the keys to happiness.

  • Oh, So Brave: Artists Afraid to Mock Moslems

    By Selwyn Duke Whenever an artist creates a work that impugns tradition or mocks Christianity, it is often said that he is "brave" for challenging the "status quo."  Of course, the status quo they’re challenging is that of bygone days, the one that, like an old soldier, didn’t die but just faded away.  Thus, these…

  • Bible: Those Who Do Not Work, Should Not Eat

    By Selwyn Duke It’s so often the case today that the New Testament of the Bible is placed in the service of liberalism.  The leftists who do this often have never read it, but that doesn’t stop them from didactically quoting such  lines as "Do not judge lest you be judged"; of course, they never…

  • Waiting for a Light Bulb to Go Off in the Liberal Mind

    By Selwyn Duke On the radio today I heard Congressman Anthony Weiner, a member of the New York contingent and a liberal of true Empire State pedigree.  You can’t miss Weiner; he’s a gangly sort, obviously the guy whose meals fellow NY Rep.  Jerrold Nadler has been stealing (take a gander at Nadler and you’ll…

  • Double-crossing the Boy Scouts

    By Selwyn Duke Few things get my dander up like the betraying of children’s trust.  Guilty of this is an attorney named Marsha Weinerman, executive director of the Cambridge, Ma., election commission, who has done the Boy Scouts dirty.   

  • Billionaires Aiding and Abetting the Enemy

    By Selwyn Duke During WWII, the medium of film was used to great effect in the combating nations’ war efforts.  Adolf Hitler had his propaganda filmmaker extraordinaire, Leni Riefenstahl, who exalted Nazi Germany.  But such film footage was used to demonize as well, and we certainly characterized the Japanese in less than flattering terms.  (The…

  • Why Hillary Clinton, “The Smartest Woman in the World,” is a Dim Bulb

    By Selwyn Duke We had a co-president during the Clinton reign who was dubbed "The Smartest Woman in the World." No, it wasn’t Bill; although considered intelligent, Bill didn’t benefit from the application of that superlative.   

  • The Danger of ADHD Drugs

    By Selwyn Duke Two articles have been posted in the news section about how ADHD drugs stunt growth and provide no long-term benefit.  I have long understood the folly of medicating kids for what is essentially bad behavior and have, in general, been opposed to the use of all mood-altering drugs.

  • Big Brother’s Window into Our Lives

    By Selwyn Duke A reader sent me an interesting piece on the "American Community Survey" (ACS), a 24-page, highly intrusive census questionnaire (perhaps you’ve heard of it).  This Orwellian bureaucratic nightmare is sent out annually, and the fines for failing to respond honestly can amount to, get the Digitalis, $50,000.

  • Thoughts on the News for Today – 11/11/07

    By Selwyn Duke I do have a nose for double standards, so my eyebrows were raised when I read about poor Paul Rein, the 76-year-old deputy who was recently murdered in Florida.  While transporting a prisoner, the criminal was able to take Rein’s gun from him and shoot him with it.  This has sparked a…