Stealing Elections for Democrats: Games the Media Play
The Democrats have the best public-relations team in the world. It’s called the U.S. media. As a consequence, the Republicans essentially have to spot the Democrats a...
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Posts by Selwyn Duke
Obama’s Great Legislative Accomplishments
“I would put our legislative and foreign policy accomplishments in our first two years against any president — with the possible exceptions of Johnson, FDR, and Lincoln — just...
Christopher Hitchens: Godlessness Is Not Great — How Atheism Poisons Everything
In writing this piece, I’m reminded of a little exchange between the late William F. Buckley and friend and fellow National Review writer Florence King. Buckley had just penned...
Did Obama Give Anti-Free Market Speech at Osawatomie for Communist Connection?
We’re told that Barack Obama chose the obscure locale of Osawatomie, Kansas, for his recent domestic policy speech because it was the site of a seminal Teddy Roosevelt speech...
The War on Christmas: Lincoln Chafee’s Holy Day Tree
I’m not sure why ex-Senator and current Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee keeps getting elected, but I’m quite sure he offends me. I truly can’t stand seeing his face,...
College Mate: Obama Was an “Ardent” “Marxist-Leninist”
Barack Obama’s speech in Osawatomie, Kansas, has certainly made waves. Well-received by the mainstream media, The Baltimore Sun wrote that the President has finally found “his voice” while the...
Do States Have a Right to Do Wrong?
During the Thanksgiving Family Forum (TFF) this past Saturday, moderator Frank Luntz asked the Republican candidates a very interesting Tenth Amendment question: “Do states have a right to do...
Cain’s Pains: Let’s Talk about Character
In the Republican debate on Wednesday, moderator Maria Bartiromo raised the issue of the sexual-harassment allegations that have plagued Herman Cain. “Why should the American people hire a president...
Penn State’s Sex-abuse Scandal Far From Unique
The Penn State University sex-abuse scandal certainly seems unique. College-football defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky (shown at left) could have been investigated as early as 1995 for abusing young boys,...
The Myth of Fascism
Napoleon Bonaparte once said, “History is a series of agreed-upon myths.” I’m not quite that cynical, but our history books do sometimes seem more like mythology than reality. In...
FBI Warns Criminal Gangs Infiltrating U.S. Military
A troubling FBI assessment has found that criminal gangs are not only expanding in U.S. cities and towns, but also where they could perhaps undermine national security most: the...
Herman Cain Gets into Trouble on Abortion
In an interview this past Wednesday with CNN’s Piers Morgan, presidential contender Herman Cain was asked about abortion — and his answer got him in hot water. Cain said...
Forget the Wall Street Protesters: Why We Should Hate “Capitalism”
Okay, you can lift your lower jaw off the floor. I haven’t joined the dark side: My problem isn’t economic but lexical. I do hate capitalism — the term....
Destroying the Republic “for the Children”
We’ve all heard about the tactic of using children as human shields, as practiced by Saddam Hussein, the Taliban and others. The idea is that you place civilians —...
I’ll Eat What I Want; You Eat Your Heart Out, Bloomberg
Although I’ve never been one to demonize the rich, there is something particularly irritating about a busybody billionaire who confuses his bankroll with his I.Q. And the busiest of...