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  • Silly Things We Hear: “Communism Works on Paper”

    By Selwyn Duke While discussing on The View recently how North Korean heir Kim Jong Un enjoyed the luxury of being sent to a Swiss boarding school, Whoopi Goldberg said the following, “This is what happens with communism. It’s a great concept; on paper it makes perfect sense. But once you put a human being in…

  • What conservatives and the GOP dare not say about immigration

    By Selwyn Duke In a recent election piece, pundit Ann Coulter identified illegal migration as one of the two most important issues of our time.  She writes that if we fail at halting it, “the country will be changed permanently.”  She continues: Taxes can be raised and lowered.  Regulations can be removed (though they rarely…

  • Stealing Elections for Democrats: Games the Media Play

    By Selwyn Duke The Democrats have the best public-relations team in the world. It’s called the U.S. media. As a consequence, the Republicans essentially have to spot the Democrats a certain number of points every election. How much do the media steal for statists? While it’s hard to say if the figure is 10, 15…

  • Christopher Hitchens: Godlessness Is Not Great — How Atheism Poisons Everything

    By Selwyn Duke In writing this piece, I’m reminded of a little exchange between the late William F. Buckley and friend and fellow National Review writer Florence King. Buckley had just penned some less-than-flattering words about a recently deceased person of prominence whose name escapes me, and King chided him, saying something to the effect…

  • Did Obama Give Anti-Free Market Speech in Osawatomie to Send Communist Message?

    By Selwyn Duke We’re told that Barack Obama chose the obscure locale of Osawatomie, Kansas, for his recent domestic policy speech because it was the site of a seminal Teddy Roosevelt speech 101 years ago. This may very well be true. Through the distinctively named city of 4,500, Obama could make a symbolic connection with…

  • The War on Christmas: Lincoln Chafee’s Holy Day Tree

    By Selwyn Duke I’m not sure why ex-Senator and current Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee keeps getting elected, but I’m quite sure he offends me. I truly can’t stand seeing his face, and you don’t have to ask why. You see, that’s the way offensiveness is: It’s completely subjective and not constrained by rhyme or…

  • Obama’s Teleprompter Joins the Occupy Wall Street Movement

  • “Thanks Are the Highest Form of Thought”

    By Selwyn Duke My father once told me a story about when he was a boy. He said there was a certain man who every now and again would visit his family and give him 10 cents for an ice cream soda each time. Well, one day this fellow came ‘a callin’, but for some…

  • Do States Have a Right to Do Wrong?

    By Selwyn Duke During the Thanksgiving Family Forum (TFF) this past Saturday, moderator Frank Luntz asked the Republican candidates a very interesting Tenth Amendment question: “Do states have a right to do wrong?” In case you missed it, the TFF was another unusual event in what is proving to be a very unusual campaign season. Held…

  • Cain’s Pains: Let’s Talk about Character

    Selwyn Duke In the Republican debate on Wednesday, moderator Maria Bartiromo raised the issue of the sexual-harassment allegations that have plagued Herman Cain. “Why should the American people hire a president if they feel there are character issues?” she asked the GOP hopeful. It’s a question we should pose more often. That’s not to say…