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  • The Autism Explosion: Is It Vaccines, Fluoride — or Modern Society?

    874847_lowBy Selwyn Duke

    Common sense is “that forgotten branch of psychology,” observed philosopher G.K. Chesterton in the early 1900s. One could wonder what he’d say today, with “psychology” — which means “study of the soul” — being both soulless and ubiquitous.

    And it being so widespread is a reason, it’s said, that autism diagnoses are so common today. We’re more “aware” of the problem and “the screening is better” is the idea. But then there are other theories. Some have implicated vaccines in autism manifestation, while others have cited fluoride as a possible cause. For his part, HHS secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has vowed to investigate the matter and says that by “September, we will know what has caused the autism epidemic.”

    But will we? What if the cause is cultural as much as, or more than, environmental (or genetic)? What if, as one writer put it Sunday, “society is the problem”?

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  • Deadly Marriage? The Dems’ Disastrous Refusal to Divorce the “Trans” Lobby

    Sex Symbols-ConfusionBy Selwyn Duke

    When the history of our time is finally written, assuming there’s someone around to write it (AI?), one can imagine how the historians may interpret the Democrats’ obsession with pseudo-sex-switching.

    “They believed boys could become girls merely by wishing it, and they persecuted those deviating from this orthodoxy.”

    “It’s why the Democratic Party died.”

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  • Wokeness as Bold as Trump: Arrested for a Meme, Dead-naming Punishment, Black Bird-watcher Bias

    Politically CorrectBy Selwyn Duke

    Legendary president Ronald Reagan authored a “revolution,” seeking to shrink government, lower taxes, reduce regulations, and defeat the Soviet menace. He accomplished much governmentally, too, earning the ire of leftists who dubbed him “Ronald Ray-gun.” Yet in truth, he could do little about our cultural trajectory, and American society was notably more “politically correct” (i.e., Woke 1.0) when he left office in 1989 than when he’d entered it in ’81. It’s an old story: You can change who’s at the government’s helm, but who’s at the cultural “government’s” helm — that of academia, the media, and entertainment — remains the same.

    (That is, unless you have an autocratic state playing cultural puppeteer.)

    This said, one difference between the Reagan and Trump revolutions is that MAGA apparently has greater cultural focus. Despite this, though, and as during Reagan’s time, wokeness marches on. This is illustrated, too, by some recent stories, ones that in the ’80s would’ve been unheard of — or satire.

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  • Tucker Carlson Shocked by Doctor’s Claim About Covid “Vaccine” Deaths

    Bad DoctorBy Selwyn Duke

    It was three days after his second Covid shot, in 2021, that Jacob Clynick unexpectedly passed away.

    He was 13 years old — with no known health problems.

    Later the same year, 16-year-old Ernesto Ramirez, Jr. died five days after taking just one Pfizer Covid shot.

    The story was the same with both boys: Their hearts were notably enlarged, having been subject to inflammation. It’s now well known, too, that this can be a side-effect of the shots.

    Of course, some will say there’s nothing to see here. In our country of 343 million people, there are eight million tragedies in the naked city. And kids die all the time. It’s only that “anti-vaxxers” started taking note of it after embracing a Covid-shot-boogeyman mentality. But one expert who doesn’t believe this for a second is Dr. Mary Talley Bowden.

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  • Free-speech Support Declining in U.S. — With the Young Leading the Way

    Silenced ManBy Selwyn Duke

    Here’s an interesting test if you have any young people in your life. Ask them to finish the following rhyme: “Sticks and stones may….”

    A second question you can pose to the whippersnapper is: Is “hate speech” protected by the First Amendment? (And just hope they know what the First Amendment is.)

    The “seasoned citizens,” as Rush Limbaugh used to say, among us will almost assuredly know that the rest of the rhyme goes, “break my bones, but names will never hurt me.” As for “hate speech,” there actually is no such classification under U.S. law. Yet there are Americans who believe otherwise — and that there’s no legally protected right to utter it.

    The problem is worsening, too, with young people being the most skeptical about the First Amendment. What’s more, an alarming percentage of Americans actually believe the amendment should be rewritten.

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  • Bill Maher “Goes Civil” on President Trump During White House Visit

    Bill Maher

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    By Selwyn Duke

    There’s a simple rule of life: If people cannot talk things out, they’re left to fight them out. One man who apparently understands this is Democratic comedian-cum-commentator Bill Maher. After all, bucking criticism from fellow liberals (leftists), Maher recently agreed to accept an invitation to visit the White House. Reports are, too, that the affair — in which Maher was hosted by President Donald Trump Monday — was most cordial. Yet what does it say about our time, and the “Left” in particular, that meeting a MAGA man can make you a pariah?

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  • The Case for Race and Sex Discrimination

    Mixed-race StudentsBy Selwyn Duke

    A few decades ago a woman I knew well, of Japanese descent, told me a story about a time she walked into a Korean restaurant. “We don’t want your kind in here,” someone staffing the eatery bluntly told her. Old prejudices die hard, and the woman promptly left. She could’ve filed a lawsuit, of course, as some people might have; really, though, the restaurateur did her a favor. How? Let’s consider an alternative reality in her situation.

    The restaurant owner, fearing government anti-discrimination law and court action, could’ve felt compelled to seat my friend. Then, with the prejudice-born hatred exacerbated by resentment over having to serve someone they detest, the staff could have—and likely would have—contaminated her food with foreign matter. (Use your imagination. Yuck.) So, question:

    Is it wise creating a situation in which someone who hates your guts is forced to serve you? Do you want that person preparing your meal? Are you fine with such an individual baking your cake and sticking his wrathful hands in the dough?

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  • Constitutionally Granted Birthright Citizenship for Illegals? SCOTUS Says No

    Anchor Baby1By Selwyn Duke

    Imagine the following scenario: A pregnant woman goes into labor while passing your property and, in distress, stumbles onto your lawn. You take notice, offer aid, and EMT arrives and, with time short, she gives birth on the scene. Mother and baby turn out safe and healthy, though, and all’s well that ends well, right? Except for one thing.

    You’re then told that because the infant was born on your land, he’s now a member of your household.

    Ridiculous, I know. But, of course, this is analogous to the situation in the United States under our “birthright citizenship” standard, supposedly based on the 14th Amendment.

    This issue has received much attention recently because President Donald Trump issued an executive order challenging birthright citizenship. The response has been predictable, too, with mainstream media pooh-poohing Trump’s position. They apparently endorse the status quo in which an illegal alien — or a calculating pregnant tourist traveling to our nation right before her due date — will give birth on our soil, and “voila!” The joke is on us: The child is a U.S. citizen.

    But did the 14th Amendment’s framers really intend this outcome? It turns out they didn’t. What’s more, the Supreme Court already ruled on the matter — 127 years ago. Unfortunately, this “precedent” has been ignored.

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  • Christian Revival: Is (Once?) Woke Silicon Valley Coming to Jesus?

    Cross-High-tech on Computer ScreenBy Selwyn Duke

    When it was alleged in 2023 that the message “Jesus died so you could live” was labeled “hate speech” by Facebook, it perhaps was not surprising. Two years later, however, something else surely is.

    Christian code has entered Silicon Valley, we hear, and may be supplanting its notoriously secular programming. Apparently, man does not live by bits and bytes alone.

    Yet how sincere is this movement? And will it really eradicate the woke mind virus? Or will it reflect what Barna Group research company president David Kinnaman lamented a decade ago? To wit: “Americans’ dedication to Jesus is, in most cases,” he said, “a mile wide and an inch deep.”

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  • Does Teaching Bible in Schools Make Kids More Moral and Mentally Healthy?

    Religion-AtheismBy Selwyn Duke

    While talking about “raising and training children” and “implanting” the proper “moral code,” a prominent politician had an interesting prescription. “The fundamental basis of this Nation’s law was given to Moses on the Mount,” he said. “The fundamental basis of our Bill of Rights comes from the teachings which we get from Exodus and St. Matthew, from Isaiah and St. Paul. I don’t think we emphasize that enough these days.”

    Ryan Walters, Oklahoma’s state education superintendent, certainly must believe the above, too. Last year, in fact, he mandated that the Bible should be taught in all his state’s K-12 schools. Only, truth in advertising, while Walters certainly would embrace the quoted words, he didn’t utter them.

    Rather, they were spoken by Democratic president Harry S. Truman in 1950. And, no, this wasn’t while speaking to the Southern Baptist Convention, either. He was instead giving an address before the Attorney General’s Conference on Law Enforcement Problems.

    Well, pop goes another stereotype.

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