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By Selwyn Duke The standard liberal line, smacking of arrogance but also projection, is that conservatives are dark, dorky, and, most significantly, dumb. Yet one somewhat-disheartened liberal has learned through personal experience as a Bill Moyers staffer that the last notion may be dumb itself. For our younger friends unacquainted with Moyers, know that he’s a…

By Selwyn Duke The face masks many Covid ritualists still wear may not filter out viruses too well, but they do stop authorities from filtering out different pathogens: criminals. So warned New York City mayor Eric Adams recently when, in perhaps the ultimate Captain Obvious moment, he told Big Apple shop owners Monday that they…

By Selwyn Duke Fevered and fearful, or perhaps fearsome, media claimed that Daily Wire podcast host Michael Knowles said in a CPAC speech that “transgender” people should be “eradicated.” While he made no such remark, there’s not even the slightest possibility such a quasi-genocide could occur, for a simple reason: You can’t eradicate people who…

By Selwyn Duke Just click on the player, and my appearance will begin after the host's introduction. I think it went well and was a fruitful discussion.  "While it has become fashionable to find fault with Western civilization,a world without the West would not be a pleasant place for anyoneaccustomed to peace, prosperity, and personal…

By Selwyn Duke “The future is female,” the feminist rallying cry goes. If this is true, the future is “now” in academia, and if academia is any indication, the future is also something else: bleak. This conclusion could be drawn from a recent article, “In Loco Masculi,” by Manhattan Institute fellow Heather Mac Donald. In…

By Selwyn Duke My magazine cover story "A World Without the West" has attracted quite a few eyeballs. And here, I discuss it with the man who encouraged me to write the essay, New American editor in chief Gary Benoit.

By Selwyn Duke My appearance begins at 52:20.  Note: If you want to fast-forward to my segment, you must right-click on the in-line MP3 player below and then click "Open link in new tab." Talkback-03-03-2023

By Selwyn Duke This is my interview from this morning on 790 WAEB-AM in Pennsylvania, with host Bobby Gunther Walsh. I again discussed my New American cover story "A World Without the West." 

By Selwyn Duke Being normal, in the sense of optimal, ain’t what it used to be. That is, almost universally recognized as ideal. In fact, a war on normality has long been afoot, and the latest example is a prominent YouTuber who’s being slammed for doing what Jesus did (though not single-handedly or supernaturally): cure…

By Selwyn Duke We discussed "Black History Month" and why actor Morgan Freeman was correct to dismiss it as something that shouldn't exist. My appearance begins at 17:06.