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By Selwyn Duke “Guns, hunting, etc., are not subjects that are to be discussed in school,” informed the administrator. So read a letter sent to Collinsville, Illinois, resident Kristy Jackson, the mother of a four-year-old boy suspended for seven days. His offense? He secretly brought a spent .22 caliber shell casing to school and enjoys…

By Selwyn Duke It’s considered one of the world’s oldest Christian populations—now it’s poised to become the most recent driven to extinction. So says Canon Andrew White, a prominent churchman known as the “vicar of Baghdad,” about Iraqi Christians. Reverend White led St. George’s Church in Baghdad, the only Anglican church in Iraq, until the…

By Selwyn Duke He beat the girls. No, it’s not politically correct to put it that way. Mainstream outlets universally refer to Laurel Hubbard (shown in center), who won his weight class in an Australian women’s weightlifting competition, as a “transgender woman” — meaning a man claiming female status. But at the end of the…

By Selwyn Duke After complaining that our nation “worships wealth,” Bernie Sanders is learning that people who own three glass houses (or three regular ones) shouldn’t throw stones. At issue is a twitterverse uproar the Vermont senator sparked with the following Saturday morning tweet: Read the rest here.  //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

By Selwyn Duke If you’re a mom-and-pop landlord, you probably wouldn’t want to rent to a prospective tenant you caught leering at your 12-year-old daughter. But under a new Seattle law that robs you of using discretion, you have no choice. Known as the “first in time” ordinance, it states that “Seattle residential landlords must…

By Selwyn Duke In the name of stopping Donald Trump, the courts are not only endangering Americans but could be ushering in “the end of the United States in any meaningful sense.” They’re doing this by creating, out of thin air, an “affirmative right to immigrate,” says senior Conservative Review editor Daniel Horowitz. As happened…

By Selwyn Duke Trimming the fat in government is great, but you may want to think twice before cutting it out of your diet. For an increasing body of research indicates that a more traditional menu — replete with foods such as butter and whole milk — is more healthful than the lean fare prescribed…

By Selwyn Duke When asked recently if Muslims could refuse to do business with Christians, a group of college students didn’t hesitate to say yes. But when asked if Christians likewise have a right to decline work conflicting with their religious beliefs, well, their tune changed a tad. Read the rest here.   

By Selwyn Duke There was the deadly 2015 salmonella outbreak traced to Mexican cucumbers, tuna from an Indian plant with “water tanks rife with microbiological contamination,” hepatitis A outbreaks originating from Mexican green onions and Egyptian frozen strawberries, and taintedChinese pet food blamed for more than 1,000 dogs deaths in the U.S. This sampling from the…

By Selwyn Duke In a move designed to chill free speech, a German “justice” official has proposed fining social-media sites up to $53 million for not swiftly deleting “hateful” posts. Welcome to the new Germany — same as the old Germany. Justice Minister Heiko Maas, a member of the leftist Social Democratic Party, acknowledged that…