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By Selwyn Duke “Nine out of ten of what we call new ideas are simply old mistakes,” noted G.K. Chesterton a century ago. This is brought to mind by the modern obsession with “new ideas,” typified by Joe Biden’s implicit touting of them during his State of the Union address. The issue “isn't how old…

By Selwyn Duke More than 10 years ago already, former plug-in advocate and car designer Ozzie Zehner wrote his essay “Unclean at Any Speed,” in which he warned that electric vehicles (EVs) pollute more than gasoline-powered ones (those with internal combustion engines, or ICE). Now, with a resurfaced study backing up this assertion, a question…

By Selwyn Duke In the run-up to and during the Rwandan genocide in 1994, Hutu extremists on radio would call the targeted group, the Tutsis, “cockroaches.” This makes it even more notable that, it has emerged, a Biden administration media official posted derogatory remarks about whites on the internet — this included calling them “snow…

By Selwyn Duke Did clothing brand The North Face just show its true face? Some may thus wonder with news that the company is offering a 20 percent discount on its products. But there’s a catch: You must take an hour-long online “racial inclusion” course. If you then “pass” a multiple-choice quiz — which includes…

By Selwyn Duke Perhaps this is where the lamentably not-endangered species known as the Western capon just says “Yes, dear!” and the higher-T crowd doesn’t notice, busy as it is earning and building and being taxed. To wit: A new government report highlights an increase in ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) injuries among female soccer players.…

By Selwyn Duke “Each person shall have a right to clean air and water, and a healthful environment,” reads the “green amendment” to the New York State Constitution. Seventy percent of Empire State voters cast ballots in November 2021 supporting the measure, too, and it’s not hard understanding why. Such a “right” sounds so innocuous,…

By Selwyn Duke Between 2007 and 2017, the suicide rate nearly tripled — for children ages 10-14. No, that’s not a typo, but a tragedy. It’s also yet another reason to worry about our civilization’s cultural and moral trajectory. For the reality is that while Americans try hard to make sure their kids are safer,…

By Selwyn Duke Prejudice about prejudice is nothing new. For example, the “conventional” wisdom in 2008 held that Barack Obama’s race might be an impediment to his presidential ambitions, and a poll did show that six percent of Americans were less likely to vote for him because of his race. Yet the same poll found that…

By Selwyn Duke Move over, Bud Light and Dylan Mulvaney. There’s a new brand in town finding woke ways to reduce its market share. I learned this while shopping in a local supermarket on Wednesday, when I noticed a rack with unusually colorful bags of Smartfood popcorn. Since the brand has been introducing new varieties…

By Selwyn Duke He calls himself on social media “Mr. Cash Money.” And he can do this because the German government, with its suicidal migrant policy, could be called Mr. Schmuck on Wheels. How else would you characterize a state that lets a Nigerian scammer con his way to citizenship and get benefits based on…