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Category: The Enemy Within
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By Selwyn Duke As with representative government, the “rule of law” has been an anomaly on the world scene, historically speaking. The Romans had it; in fact, they essentially gave us the concept of the rule of law. It is the norm today, too, in the lands they most influenced, those of the modern West.…
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By Selwyn Duke “The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.” This paraphrase of G.K. Chesterton could come to mind when pondering now notorious TDS — Trump Derangement Syndrome. A bizarre phenomenon affecting millions, it yields an irrational hatred for the…
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By Selwyn Duke “Religious liberty might be supposed to mean that everybody is free to discuss religion,” observed G.K. Chesterton in 1935. “In practice it means that hardly anybody is allowed to mention it.” This could come to mind hearing about yet another “separation of church and state” lawsuit. This time the issue involves Catholic…
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By Selwyn Duke We don’t know if Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson is disabled as a jurist, but she certainly has made it onto the Supreme Court. She apparently, though, believes that black Americans are essentially “disabled” within the context of our American system. In fact, she just said as much Wednesday during oral arguments in…
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Afghan Rapes Elderly Woman. Aftermath: Her SON May be Charged for Unintentionally Videoing the Crime
By Selwyn Duke In today’s upside-down world, we’ve all heard stories about “blaming the victim.” Bullied kids at government schools come to mind. But whatever you’ve heard in this regard, nothing can compare to an incident out of Austria that just beggars belief.
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By Selwyn Duke There’s a certain technique often used by journalists, one designed to get you not thinking, but feeling. It involves opening an article with a human-interest story, and it’s figuring prominently right now in the illegal-migration controversy. It may go something like this: Heart Over Head Of course, the idea is to engage…
