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August 23, 2026

The Devil’s Cleverest Trick? The DSA’s Communist-platform Misdirection Ploy

By Selwyn Duke

We all know that what’s presented in bold lettering may sound great — but watch out for that fine print. This is good advice not just when buying products and services, but also when buying what political candidates are selling.

Just consider the burgeoning Bolsheviks at the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). They’ve been winning primaries against establishment Democrats coast to coast. And does it matter that their platform is one Karl Marx would endorse? It should. Yet when the DSA candidates begin running in the general election, they play magician. This means they don’t openly endorse their radical platform, but they don’t disavow it.

Rather, they use misdirection.
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August 22, 2026

First “Trans” Man in Women’s Sports Backtracks: “I Was Selfish”

By Selwyn Duke

“I was selfish. I was looking out for myself. I was trying to do, first of all, what was good for me and making me happy, and only secondly, what was fair for the world.”

Before there was a “trans” agenda — before there even was a debate over men in women’s sports — there was “Renée” Richards. Oh, Richards is hardly a household name today. But he made big news in the ’70s as the first man, claiming “transsexual” status, to play women’s sports. Later, though, Richards would change his position.
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August 21, 2026

Not Only Jason Arday: That Old Gray PhD Just Ain’t What It Used to Be

By Selwyn Duke

“PhD” stands for “piled high and deep,” an old joke goes. This could come to mind with the recent and tragic Jason Arday scandal. Because the problem of Arday — a fabulist who had a fraudulent doctorate — isn’t limited to Arday. In fact, says an expert on the matter, the entire PhD evaluation process is flawed and corrupt. He even quotes an academic at a prestigious university who says that he never fails a PhD thesis — no matter how bad it is. In other words, Arday’s tragic death (he committed suicide) relates to a larger issue: the death of academic excellence.
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August 20, 2026

She Questioned Her Kids’ School — Then Got a Visit From the Cops

By Selwyn Duke

For years now I’ve been warning, to imprecisely echo Twain, that reports of wokeness’s death are greatly exaggerated. The force is in fact alive and well and still metastasizing. A story out of Portland, Oregon, illustrates this perfectly, too. It involves a mother who, after complaining about “trans” propaganda targeting her son, got results.

The results were that the police came to her door and she was banned from her child’s school.
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August 19, 2026

Socialism: Savior or Seductress?

By Selwyn Duke

A Rasmussen poll last September discovered something Americans once found unthinkable: Fifty-three percent of likely voters aged 18 to 39 want a “democratic socialist” elected president in 2028. And that’s not all. Seventy-six percent of these under-40s believe that major industries “like health care, energy, and big tech should be nationalized to give more control and equity to the people,” Rasmussen wrote. It’s staggering, but a question now arises: Do these voters support socialism — or what they think socialism is? Moreover, does nationalization actually give “the people” control?

Some young voters who aren’t too keen on socialism may be those who ran into one Mark Grannis in 2020. It was that year that Grannis, a history teacher at The Heights School, a Catholic boys’ institution in Potomac, Maryland, instituted something new. For one unit annually for a few years, he decided to implement a socialist-style grading system. What then transpired was interesting, as he related at The Heights Forum in 2025:
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August 18, 2026

“By Allah, I Will Kill You”: Muslim Boy Turns Younger Non-Muslim Girl Into De Facto Sex Slave

By Selwyn Duke

The Muslim rape-gang scandal in the U.K. made headlines some years ago. Thousands of indigenous British girls were sexually abused and tortured by grown men while woke authorities turned a blind eye. Now we have the junior-league version of this, albeit on a smaller scale.

In this case, a 15-year-old Iraqi-descent boy in Austria reportedly turned a 14-year-old non-Muslim girl into, essentially, a sex slave. Oh, the lad was alluring in the beginning, wooing the lass with his exotic persona and sweet words. But those words eventually changed to remarks such as “By Allah, I will kill you,” as he later used threats and blackmail to control her. The boy has now been arrested. But the immigration regime and mentality that set the stage for the problem haven’t been arrested, let alone reversed.
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August 15, 2026

Jason Arday Commits Suicide: DEI Kills Fabulist Professor, but Some Blame its Critics

A handwritten “DEI Kills.” sign rises above a crowd gathered for a public demonstration.

By Selwyn Duke

Did diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) kill Jason Arday? Strictly speaking, Arday, 41, the academic who resigned August 5 from Cambridge University over plagiarism charges, died by apparent suicide. He was found deceased Friday at his property in Battersea, south London. But it’s hard escaping the conclusion that had he not been DEI-enabled by Cambridge, he’d be alive today.

I’d reported on Arday twice recently, and I was shocked upon hearing late last night of his passing. Condolences should be extended to his loved ones; his is a sad and tragic story. It’s important, however, to learn the right lessons from it. And as of now, it’s apparent that some would bury the Truth with Arday.
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August 14, 2026

Did Francesca Hong Get (Donald) Trumped by the Dem Establishment?

By Selwyn Duke

Socialist candidate for the Wisconsin governorship, Francesca Hong, was leading by double digits in the run-up to Tuesday’s primary election.

She lost by 0.45 percent.

Oh, and she was defeated by a guy, David Crowley, who’d dropped out of the race during mid July. He said he had no path to the nomination, but re-entered the fray when another establishment candidate herself withdrew.

One more thing: During the vote count, five USB sticks were found — after midnight — to not have any ballot data on them. This was, too, when Crowley had a razor-thin lead and appeared vulnerable, and the data had to be recovered. This was explained as “human error.”

Others call it a ballot dump.
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August 14, 2026

“Fiscal Shackle” Revolution: Argentina’s Milei Aims to KILL the Debt State — for Good

By Selwyn Duke

“Rain will always fall downwards,” the saying goes. “Don’t try to change the impossible.” And government will always run up debt to buy votes and print “counterfeit” currency to cover the deficits.

While this is taken for granted, a revolution led by Argentine president Javier Milei aims to break the cycle. If it succeeds, deficit spending (and currency inflation) may become a thing of the past, too.
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August 11, 2026

What is a Woman? Unprincipled WNBA is Being Pressured to Walk the “Trans” Walk

By Selwyn Duke

“It’s easy being idealistic when you don’t have to live with your ideals,” someone close to me once said. The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) is learning this the hard way, too.

That is, the league recently defended the practice of having men who masquerade as female in women’s/girls’ sports. The reaction?

Many observers, including me, suggested that high-level male basketballers should try to make the WNBA practice what it preaches. Then it happened:

Two ex-NBA players, Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White, declared last Friday for the WNBA draft.

Both “women” (hey, let’s get into the spirit here) are young enough to be assets to the league. Freedom is 34, White 35. Moreover, the former is 6’10” and 250 lbs, and White is 6’8” and 260. So it’s not just that they could routinely out-rebound the competition and easily dunk the ball.

They also could perhaps dunk their average WNBA opponent while she’s holding the ball.

Very impressive ladies they are.
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