Category: Social Issues

  • By Selwyn Duke The New York Times really could be the poster rag for the decline of the mainstream media.  Its new motto should be "All the news that fits our agenda," as rarely a week passes where my low opinion of it isn’t affirmed.  This time the paper issued its offense against Truth on…

  • By Selwyn Duke Last year’s scamnesty bill had widespread support among the powers-that-be, with the president, the Democrat majority and mainstream media all singing its praises. Yet it went down to defeat, slain by a new-media coalition of talk radio and blogosphere warriors.  Working tirelessly to expose the truth and rally the grassroots, they became…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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: 

  • By Selwyn Duke DNA technology has been an invaluable crime-fighting tool, allowing law enforcement to identify both the innocent and the guilty.  And since it has been so welcomed by authorities, molecular biologist Tony Frudakis had every reason to believe that his great advance in suspect identification — called "DNAWitness" — would be well received. …

  • By Selwyn Duke Very far from the Bible Belt but very close to the culture war is the Christian community of Ocean Grove, New Jersey.  The beachfront town is an anomaly: A bit of red in a state that tends blue.  It was founded in 1869 by the Methodist Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association, which…