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By Selwyn Duke Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain and fashion designer Kate Spade, both of whom recently killed themselves, are part of a wider trend, with suicide having increased almost 30 percent since 1999. In fact, in 2016 alone 45,000 Americans took their own lives, a number that includes, shockingly, even some preteen children. Interestingly, this…

By Selwyn Duke The world may be heading “towards a war between the cross and the crescent,” warned Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan (shown) in a Saturday Istanbul speech. Erdogan, an Islamist in a Western suit who’s given to scimitar-rattling, was responding to recent measures Austria took against jihadism.  Read the rest here. 

By Selwyn Duke The observation that “there’s no one as illiberal as a liberal” has again been vindicated, this time by a Dartmouth University survey showing that Democrats are far more intolerant than Republicans. Read the rest here. 

By Selwyn Duke “Is it all about sex?!” The answer to this common leftist refrain, exclaimed when a traditionalist complains about some sexual-devolutionary agenda, is “Yes — you have made it so.” The “regressives” known as progressives have infused everything with sex, from media to entertainment to big business to, what is the topic here, education, with…

By Selwyn Duke It may not be the Battle of Vienna, but it sure has the Turks up in arms: Combating jihadism, Austria’s government plans to shut down seven mosques and expel 60 Turkish-funded imams. Read the rest here. 

By Selwyn Duke What do you call the top two finishers in the girls’ 100-meter dash at Connecticut’s recent State Open track and field championships? First and second place? If you’re not the mainstream media, you may call them “boys.” In fact, one of them set the “girls’” State Open record in both the 100 and 200-meter…

By Selwyn Duke Virginia Pair Witherington turned 105 on Monday, and credits her longevity to taking care of herself — in her case, this includes eating a large amount of chocolate. To be precise, Macon’s Telegraph writes that “Witherington has previously credited her long life to living well and eating a lot of chocolate. She also loves Whopper…

By Selwyn Duke New York City’s best high schools — the “specialized” ones, as they’re known — may not be the best for long. That is, if Mayor Bill de Blasio (shown) has his way, as he wants to dumb down admissions standards to increase “diversity.” Read the rest here. 

By Selwyn Duke Could California pastors be charged with a crime for using Christian doctrine to help someone leave homosexuality? This could be the case if a new Golden State bill, AB 2943, becomes law. Making matters worse, some critics claim it could even be used to impede sales of the Bible. California, 11 other…

By Selwyn Duke When does diversity become “dieversity”? Perhaps when those whose worst high-school subject was science and who are unemployed are favored over licensed pilots for all-important air-traffic controller positions. This is precisely what’s happening, too, under Obama-era FAA “diversity” rules — created because the air-traffic-control corps was “too white.” Read the rest here.