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By Selwyn Duke Approximately seven years ago I mentioned to a young man I know, who was about 19, that communist governments have killed perhaps 100 million people. His eyes got wide as he registered shock. He had no idea. Note, too, that this fellow lived in an affluent suburb, had attended “good” government schools,…
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“No woman should be authorized to stay at home to raise her children. Women should not have that choice, precisely because if there is such a choice, too many women will make that one.” So said feminist “philosopher” Simone de Beauvoir in a 1975 interview. Today, two generations later, this spirit lives on, too —…
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By Selwyn Duke In the wake of yesterday’s horrible tragedy, the assassination of commentator Charlie Kirk, many are reacting with shock, others shockingly. As millions offer sympathy and prayers, others spew venom because they dislike the views Kirk held. And the murder and malevolent responses have inspired troubled observers to ask, once again: What’s wrong…
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I wish you a very happy and blessed Easter. He is risen. God bless, Selwyn Duke
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I wish you and yours a very merry and blessed Christmas. God bless, Selwyn Duke
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I wish you a very happy and blessed Thanksgiving. "I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder." — G.K. Chesterton God bless, Selwyn Duke
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By Selwyn Duke “With LEGO you can build buses and houses and bridges and helicopters — even the new safety rail on the Sunnydale Bridge,” went a 1973 TV commercial for the popular building blocks. Fast-forward a half century, and the appeals are a bit different. To wit: “These dazzling minifigures are ready for Pride…
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By Selwyn Duke “A person’s healthcare is not the government’s business!” we hear. “That’s between him and his doctor!” Funny thing, though: Unless the issue is abortion, this philosophy goes right out the medical office window. It’s not just the Covid shots, either. In fact, the latest example is that the Oregon Medical Board (OMB),…
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By Selwyn Duke It’s ironic that in this time of hand-wringing over “cultural appropriation,” where a white person may be criticized for wearing cornrow braids or portraying a non-white TV character, we hear indignant insistence that Egypt’s most famous Greek queen, Cleopatra, was black. Of course, given that there’s also a musical (Hamilton) portraying the…
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By Selwyn Duke “I would rather be governed by the first 2,000 people in the telephone directory,” wrote the late William F. Buckley in 1961, “than by the Harvard University faculty.” It might be wise bearing this in mind in light of warning just issued by The Washington Post: If Trump is re-elected, states the…
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