December 4, 2007
He’s Gonna Find Out Who’s Naughty or Nice . . . or Stupid
Sometimes I could believe I was living in the Matrix. Only, I can’t imagine sentient programs creating a world as irrational as ours.
We’ve come to expect the usual Christmastime attacks upon tradition in the name of the mythical “separation of church and state”; the nativity scene on public property and school Christmas celebrations are [...]
December 1, 2007
Moslem Group Attacks Michael Savage: The Battle Between Taquiya and Talk Radio
You will have to forgive me, but I have a difficult time taking the war against Moslem extremists seriously. No, I haven’t become the latest in a line of anti-American quislings who say the war is “all about oil” or that Islamism is not a threat. It’s just that I have trouble mustering [...]
Comments (1) Filed under: Blogroll, Conservatism, Culture, Current Events, Media, North America, OP/ED, Society, VOA, VOA Social Issues, Vox Populi, contributors — Selwyn Duke @ 5:11 pmNovember 24, 2007
Because She’s a Woman
It’s very easy to fall behind the times. It is for this reason that you find parents who never seem to really know what the younger generation is involved in, older folks who still act as if a hot dog should be 10 cents, and people who fight yesterday’s social battles. As to the last [...]
Comments (11) Filed under: Vox Populi — Selwyn Duke @ 10:23 pmNovember 16, 2007
Stereotyping 101
In a racial profiling lawsuit against the Maryland State Police (MSP), a plaintiff’s attorney named Eliza Leighton said that some training documents contain “startling examples of racial stereotypes about Hispanics.” (Just so you know, when leftists use the word “startling,” it usually means, “Man, this truth hurts!”) According to the Associated Press:
For example, one [...]
October 28, 2007
Iraq: The Folly of Deifying Democracy
We hear lots of criticism of the Iraq venture from the left, right and center. There is everything from silly notions about presidential prevarication to how “it is only about oil” to one-world government conspiracy theories. Yet, while military action can rise from policy objectives, it’s often ignored that policy objectives tend to rise from [...]
Comments (0) Filed under: Blogroll, Culture, Current Events, Iraq, Middle East, OP/ED, Politics, Society, VOA Iraq, VOA Middle East, VOA Politics, VOA War and Conflict, Vox Populi, contributors — Selwyn Duke @ 9:46 pmOctober 21, 2007
Can We Please Define “Racism”?
James Watson, the geneticist who helped unravel the structure of DNA, came under fire for saying that Africans are not as intelligent as Westerners. Aside from his remarks being deemed baseless and unscientific, he has quite predictably been labeled “racist.” Why, some thought police even want him charged under Britain’s Orwellian “racial hatred laws” (Watson [...]
Comments (10) Filed under: Blogroll, Culture, Current Events, Evolution, Hot Talk, North America, OP/ED, Politics, Science & Religion, Society, VOA, VOA News Analysis, VOA Politics, VOA Social Issues, VOA United States, Vox Populi, contributors — Selwyn Duke @ 8:51 pmOctober 1, 2007
Banning Boyhood
Huck Finn must be spinning in his literary grave. Just recently a Colorado Springs, Co., elementary school banned tag during recess, joining other schools that have prohibited this childhood pastime. Upon hearing this, I thought about the movement to ban cops and robbers, musical chairs, steal the bacon, and the kill-joys’ most frequent [...]
Comments (6) Filed under: American Life, Americas, Blogroll, Culture, Family, Feminism, OP/ED, Society, VOA, VOA Education, VOA Social Issues, VOA United States, Vox Populi, contributors — Selwyn Duke @ 1:01 amSeptember 25, 2007
When Hypocrisy is a Good Thing
Many leftist partisans are licking their chops over the revelation that Idaho Republican Senator Larry Craig solicited sex from a male undercover detective in a Minneapolis airport bathroom. This scandal is reminiscent of that involving Ted Haggard, the disgraced preacher who had relations with a male prostitute. You may remember Haggard, he was [...]
Comments (2) Filed under: American Life, Blogroll, Culture, Current Events, OP/ED, Politics, VOA, VOA News Analysis, VOA Politics, VOA Social Issues, VOA Top Stories, VOA United States, Vox Populi, contributors — Selwyn Duke @ 9:30 pmAugust 21, 2007
Race-baiting Politician Attacks Michael Savage
Patriotism might at one time have been the last refuge of a scoundrel, but methinks this is no longer true. With modern America being characterized more by political correctness than patriotism, screams of “racism” may now be that last refuge. And joining the ranks of scoundrels, populated by reverends sans congregations and other assorted guttersnipes, [...]
Comments (2) Filed under: American Life, Blogroll, Culture, Current Events, Hot Talk, Media, OP/ED, Politics, VOA, VOA News Analysis, VOA Politics, VOA Social Issues, VOA Top Stories, VOA United States, Vox Populi, contributors — Selwyn Duke @ 1:20 amJuly 3, 2007
Free Speech From the Mouths of Babes?
Last week the Supreme court handed down three free speech rulings that find favor with conservatives. One of them is Morse et al. v. Frederick, a case involving the free speech rights of students. At issue is a five year old incident wherein a Juneau-Douglas High School senior named Joe Frederick raised a [...]
Comments (0) Filed under: Current Events, NewsLog, Politics, Vox Populi — Selwyn Duke @ 7:50 am