By Selwyn Duke
Perhaps I should be chagrinned to admit it, but I failed my first
road test. I was about 18 years old, and I still remember the sinking
feeling of sitting in the vehicle and coldly being informed that I
missed a stop sign. Curious, I subsequently drove the route with my
mother and found the octagonal red menace, barely visible amidst a sea
of leaves, with just a few splotches of color showing through. My first
thought was, "Are they kidding? Am I supposed to be watching the road
or scouring the sidewalk, performing something akin to a ‘What’s wrong
with this picture’ exercise?"
By Selwyn Duke
I’ve long observed that great scientific minds virtually never make for formidable philosophical ones. A perfect example of this is Richard Dawkins, the famous, and also infamous, British biologist and author of the book The God Delusion. Dawkins has made quite a career out of attacking religion, rehashing the same worn-out arguments as many before him and missing the 800-pound reality in the center of the room.
By Selwyn Duke
If you asked people what the role of a Supreme Court Justice was, most wouldn’t know the answer. I experienced this with a former acquaintance of mine, a septuagenarian millionaire who probably would have been thought sophisticated by most. He did know that such justices rule on law, but when I asked on what basis they were supposed to do so, he responded, "Well . . . based on how they feel." In light of this widespread ignorance, it’s not surprising that our courts get away with a wholesale violation of their oath of office.
By Selwyn Duke
One of the very best columnists on the journalistic scene is Walter Williams. His articles aren’t filled with flowery prose or esoteric terms (like esoteric!); they just cut to the heart of the matter and provide simple, reasoned analysis. In fact, I can hardly think of an instance where he has written something with which I disagree. Every piece is a home run, including this one, about how Congress, at the behest of environmentalist extremists, is largely responsible for our high oil prices.
By Selwyn Duke
While we commonly see bumpers bearing the message "Hugs are better
than drugs," you’d never know we believe it from our legalized-drug
culture. Recently I cited statistics indicating that 20 million
Americans, 40 percent of college students, and 1 out of 9
schoolchildren are on psychoactive medication.
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