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  • The Great Race Deception

    By Selwyn Duke Just about two years ago, people were speaking of a new era: post-racial America. Well, it occurs to me that if we get any more post-racial, we’ll have a race war. And the latest on this front is a new exhibit at the Boston Museum of Science (MOS) called “RACE – Are…

  • Happy Thanksgiving!

    I wish you all a very happy and blessed Thanksgiving. Warmest regards, Selwyn Duke  "Thanks are the highest form of thought." — G.K. Chesterton

  • New Year’s Resolutions

    By Selwyn Duke I was never one for New Year’s Resolutions.  Quite frankly, they always struck me as silly.  If a change is warranted, why wait for a certain date to make it?

  • 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.

  • Thoughts on Death

    It may come as a shock to most, but nary a day passes where I don’t think about death.  Oh, it’s not part of a regimen; it just happens naturally.  Of course, I wasn’t always like this, nor am I so old that one should think the grim reaper was nigh.  Moreover, while it may…