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By Selwyn Duke A new study has found that the old conservative-embraced stereotype of the well-meaning but naive liberal may not be correct. That is, the “well-meaning” part. This latest research was conducted in Germany and, focusing on environmental activists in particular, sought to discover if there was an association between their activism and the…

By Selwyn Duke It has already been said that qualities such as punctuality and industriousness are “white norms” that shouldn’t be expected of black students. Now here’s another entry for the “How Much More Can They Hobble the Black Community?” file: Some “experts” are saying that professionalism at work — which they pejoratively call “code-switching”…

By Selwyn Duke If men are from Mars and women, Venus, as the famous book put it, then Venus is quite like California and Mars closer to Montana. This is more true than ever, too, with yet another study showing that Gen Z (born 1997-2012) women are far more liberal than the generation’s men —…

By Selwyn Duke Socialist French President François Hollande once said publicly that he “hated the rich,” but reportedly had a habit of calling the poor “les sans dents” (“the toothless ones”) in private. Hollande was no outlier, either, according to English comedian, actor, and activist Russell Brand. In fact, said Brand in a recent interview…

By Selwyn Duke As if Harvard’s problem with quota-hire plagiarists, United Airlines’ vow to prioritize “diversity” when retaining pilots, and today’s prevalent affirmative-action mentality aren’t enough, now there’s this: The American Psychological Association (APA) is claiming, based on a study, that merit-based hiring is unfair. Of course, it’s easier making this accusation stick when you…

By Selwyn Duke If anything epitomizes our time, it just might be the image of a person shaking his fist at the heavens and screaming about the unfairness of it all. “How dare reality be reality!” is the idea. One manifestation of this is the spirit of entitlement of the less-competent insisting on being treated…

By Selwyn Duke Imagine this scenario: Someone sues you for defamation even though he may not think he can win. But that doesn’t matter. After all, someone else, with deep pockets, is covering his legal bills, and his goal may not involve winning. Rather, he wants to break you. He wants to keep you tied…

By Selwyn Duke “It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things that men of intemperate minds cannot be free,” observed Anglo-Irish philosopher Edmund Burke. “Their passions forge their fetters.” In light of this, what are the implications of the reality that, according to a new poll, Gen Z is more likely to “identify” as…

By Selwyn Duke If a group that murdered 100 million people in less than a century can’t be described as villainous, what can? This question could be asked now that entertainment website ScreenRant has published, and MSN.com has publicized, an article lamenting how “wrong” it was for comic books to have portrayed communists as villains…

By Selwyn Duke Do you know what a Polish sandwich looks like?” a communist-era joke went. Answer: “Two slices of bread and a ration card for the meat in between.” Unfortunately, Poles weren’t laughing at the time. We may not be, either, in a bit of time — that is, if our pseudo-elites get their…