Teaching All of the Facts, but None of the Truth
An education that doesn't teach what is "good" cannot possibly yield a good society. ...
About: Selwyn Duke
Posts by Selwyn Duke
Nobel Laureate: World Needs “Secular Ten Commandments” and Universal Values
In a most striking irony, Lech Walesa, the man who helped bring down Polish communism, is now making a mistake that defined communism: thinking that man's ideas can replace...
Citizens Sign Petition Advocating Nazi, Orwellian Police State
If an informed electorate is necessary for a free and healthy republic, the fact that some Americans don't associate terms such as "Orwellian" and "police state" with tyranny could...
Is Obama Creating a Martial-law-ready Military?
What kind of leader wants a military more loyal to himself than to the rule of law? And why? These are two questions to ponder when considering the strange...
Study: Anti-bullying Programs Increase Bullying
Anti-bullying programs are spreading like wildfire. Yet a recent university study shows that they not only don't reduce bullying — they may actually increase it. ...
Why Girls and Science Don’t Mix
The Equality Police are unhappy. It seems that despite their best efforts women still aren’t entering the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) as men are. You...
How to Enrich or Impoverish a Nation
What has lifted more people out of poverty, charity or economic freedom? It’s not even close. ...
The Slippery Slope to Pedophilia
It is unlikely that many Americans now believe that pedophilia will soon be accepted in this country, but it is riding the same track to respectability as did homosexual...
Americans’ Pre-existing Condition of Childishness
So many of today's political arguments amount to childish denials of reality. And one good example is the rationale behind forcing insurance companies to cover "pre-existing conditions." ...
Homosexual Lobby: Let the Christians Eat Cake
As the state tramples freedom of association further, Christians are increasingly forced to choose between obeying their consciences and making a living. But there is a way to fight...
Despite Cooling, Warmists Haven’t Cooled on Global Warming
When you hear about consensus on global warming, know that it is the terminology of politics, not science. True science has nothing to do with consensus, but only requires...
The Babe and the Cynic
A certain very erudite and always entertaining social critic remarked recently that he always thought the worst of people. He went on to say — perhaps, at most, half...
Communism Now Big in Japan; Still Little in Virtue
Will the grinding poverty and initiative killing of collectivism soon wear the label “Made in Japan”? Such a prospect is likely a ways off, but it could become a...
Are Children Dumber Today Than a Century Ago?
With the realization that most of today's college graduates couldn't pass a 1912 Kentucky eighth-grade graduation exam, many people are asking if today's youth are less intelligent that those...
Diploma Disaster?
With the job market glutted with unemployed young people with college degrees, is getting a college education a solid plan or a disaster waiting to happen? ...