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By Selwyn Duke In threatening to deny White House access to news organs peddling “fake news,” President Trump has been accused of launching a full-court press against the press. But, ironically, the notion that such an action constitutes an attack on media freedom is itself an example of fake news. Read the rest here. 

Selwyn Duke Many recent studies have shown that, despite the notorious youth “hook up” culture, millennials are having less sex than previous generations. But is this supposed trend real or à la Bill Clinton, a matter merely of not engaging in “sex” as they understand “that term to be defined”? The latest research on this…

By Selwyn Duke A new report shows that black Americans constitute a vanishingly small percentage of employees at top social media and tech companies. But if this means that the white powers-that-be are gaming the system, they’re doing so in favor of Asians. As the AP reports, “African-Americans are among the top owners of mobile devices,…

By Selwyn Duke President Lyndon Johnson once boasted that, owing to his policies, he’d “have those n****** [racial epithet] voting Democratic for 200 years,” reported journalist Ronald Kessler. And Democrats have for decades captured upwards of 90 percent of the black vote every election. But rap star Kanye West may be changing this: After recently voicing…

By Selwyn Duke “The older they get, the better they were.” This saying, authored by retired baseball player Jim Bouton, applies to more than just athletes. A good example is the current celebration of Karl Marx' upcoming 200th birthday (May 5), an event the New York Times recognized with a laudatory articletitled “Happy Birthday, Karl Marx. You Were…

By Selwyn Duke Leftists would call conservatives objecting to forced integration “racists.” So what do you call liberals in a posh New York City neighborhood balking at minorities being moved into their kids’ middle schools? Well, “angry,” for one thing. The brouhaha has erupted in the Big Apple’s Upper West Side (shown), a limousine-liberal area…

By Selwyn Duke It’s bad enough that the British government played medical judge and jury before the death of little Alfie Evans, denying his parents the opportunity to take him to Italy for care. They also, say critics, have used the hate-speech principle to cover up their own complicity. Read the rest here. 

By Selwyn Duke It’s a ruling making clear that we should drop the pretense: Anti-discrimination law does not eliminate discrimination. It simply enforces a standard of political correctness. “A Manhattan judge ruled Wednesday that kicking a Trump supporter out of a bar does not violate the law — because the law does not protect against political…

By Selwyn Duke The latest addition to your favorite restaurant’s menu is not some delectable delight but new regulations, set to take effect May 7, that can cost you money. Born during the Obama administration and implemented by current FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, the new rules require restaurants with 20 or more locations to post…

By Selwyn Duke Another judge has signaled that he doesn’t like the law — so he’s just going to ignore it. On Tuesday, Judge John D. Bates of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia “ruled” that last year’s revocation of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) was illegal and that…