By Selwyn Duke

When arguing against a given minimum wage (e.g., $15/hour), late radio giant Rush Limbaugh would sometimes rhetorically ask: Why stop there? If that amount is good, wouldn’t a $50 minimum wage be even better? It’s unknown whether Limbaugh would’ve even suspected that a statist would make his “illustrating absurdity by being absurd” example a serious proposal within 10 years, but here we are:

Representative Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), who’s running for the Golden State’s open Senate seat, made this very proposal in a Monday night debate with her rivals. “Just do the math!” she exclaimed, alluding to the supposed self-evident legitimacy of her idea.

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By Selwyn Duke

SWAT they're not? In this episode of Outside the Overton Window, famed cop Dirty Harry has something to say about that all-female Chilean SWAT team that recently made a splash (falling in the water, that is) at a recent police competition. And I, your humble host, have a few thoughts, too.

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By Selwyn Duke

“The right to swing my arms in any direction ends where your nose begins,” children would sometimes hear years ago, from teachers trying to illustrate the rightful balance of rights. Much like the “sticks and stones may break my bones” free-speech lesson, however, it’s not related to kids much anymore.

It shows, too.

The latest example is how a pro-Palestinian, pro-Muslim mob — some of whose members reportedly yelled “Allahu Akbar!” (Allah is the Greatest!) — shut down an Interstate 40 bridge between Arkansas and Tennessee last Saturday, leaving thousands of motorists stranded for what some sources say were hours.

Moreover, this malicious act was enabled, say critics, by law enforcement, which didn’t act swiftly and surely to deter the mob.

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By Selwyn Duke

When hearing people boast that they’re “inclusive,” your first response should be, “Of what?”

After all, to include some in a limited-size group means excluding others. Enter The Walt Disney Company — and billionaire industrialist Elon Musk.

Early yesterday evening, Musk posted on X a Disney document that outlines discriminatory hiring practices justified as “inclusion standards”; in fact, it lists precise quotas for what it calls “Underrepresented” groups.

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By Selwyn Duke

A new study has found that the old conservative-embraced stereotype of the well-meaning but naive liberal may not be correct.

That is, the “well-meaning” part.

This latest research was conducted in Germany and, focusing on environmental activists in particular, sought to discover if there was an association between their activism and the negative personality traits constituting the “dark triad” as well as those linked to left-wing authoritarianism. Published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences, the study was released almost exactly a year after similar research found that devoted leftists are often narcissists and sociopaths.

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By Selwyn Duke

It has already been said that qualities such as punctuality and industriousness are “white norms” that shouldn’t be expected of black students. Now here’s another entry for the “How Much More Can They Hobble the Black Community?” file:

Some “experts” are saying that professionalism at work — which they pejoratively call “code-switching” — takes a toll on black Americans and should not be expected of them. They should be able to “be themselves” in the workplace, is the idea.

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By Selwyn Duke

If men are from Mars and women, Venus, as the famous book put it, then Venus is quite like California and Mars closer to Montana. This is more true than ever, too, with yet another study showing that Gen Z (born 1997-2012) women are far more liberal than the generation’s men — in fact, the females are now 30 points more left-wing.

There has long been in politics what’s called a “gender gap” (should be “sex” gap, actually), with women consistently being more liberal, and more likely to vote for Democrats, than men are. For example and expressed as a percentage, the 2018 midterms saw men support Republicans 51-47, but women break Democratic 59-40. Yet this already-large gap may be becoming a chasm, with a major reason being the sexes’ diverging beliefs on “gender” politics and feminism.

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By Selwyn Duke

Socialist French President François Hollande once said publicly that he “hated the rich,” but reportedly had a habit of calling the poor “les sans dents” (“the toothless ones”) in private. Hollande was no outlier, either, according to English comedian, actor, and activist Russell Brand. In fact, said Brand in a recent interview with commentator Tucker Carlson, leftists absolutely despise the people they sometimes claim to champion: the working class.

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By Selwyn Duke

As if Harvard’s problem with quota-hire plagiarists, United Airlines’ vow to prioritize “diversity” when retaining pilots, and today’s prevalent affirmative-action mentality aren’t enough, now there’s this:

The American Psychological Association (APA) is claiming, based on a study, that merit-based hiring is unfair.

Of course, it’s easier making this accusation stick when you confuse merit with credentials — which the APA apparently does.

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