Selwyn Duke
Selwyn Duke is a writer, columnist and public speaker whose work has been published widely online and in print, on both the local and national levels. He has been featured on the Rush Limbaugh Show and has been a regular guest on the award-winning Michael Savage Show. His work has appeared in Pat Buchanan’s magazine The American Conservative and he writes regularly for The New American and Christian Music Perspective.
All articles by Selwyn Duke
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conservative
Using Kids to Convert
It really does seem that the more evil a movement is, the more likely it is to enlist children in its cause. This kind of cowardice epitomizes leftists.
October 02, 2008 -
conservative
Conservative decries Obama deserves to lose more
This election season, my pen has directed many slings and arrows Barack Obama’s way. I criticized John McCain, too, but that was during the primaries. Both candidates deserve to lose. Only, one deserves to lose more.
September 19, 2008 -
conservative
OBAMANATION: Is the Presidency above Obama’s Pay Grade?
August 27, 2008 -
conservative
Defining Anti-Americanism Downwards
If Barack Obama sought to win the votes of Germans, he need seek no more. Of course, his new image was all the rage in the Old World long before he gave his July 24 speech in Berlin.
August 04, 2008 -
conservative
Barack Obama and Equal Pay for Women
What do you call a man who sermonizes about the evils of paying women less than men but allows that very practice in his own office?
July 09, 2008 -
conservative
Environmentalists Orchestrating Our Oil Woes
Congress has placed 85% of our coastal waters off limits to oil exploration. Then there’s the fact that we haven’t built a new refinery in over 30 years
June 13, 2008 -
conservative
When Will We Admit the Truth About Barack Obama?
Even critics and watchdogs heap praise upon him; Bill O’Reilly said he likes Obama and Sean Hannity proclaimed him a “good man.” But what is the truth about this applicant?
May 01, 2008 -
conservative
Unfair and Unbalanced
The phrase “fair and balanced” certainly has a positive connotation. It is thought the greatest quality a news outlet can possess; it has even become a motto of the Fox News Network. Yet I don’t find Fox very balanced at all.
April 15, 2008 -
conservative
Cultural Affirmative Action
In a way, I prefer the old, overt affirmative action. While it was government-sanctioned discrimination, at least it was, in some measure, more honest than our cultural affirmative action.
March 29, 2008 -
conservative
Taking a Toll on the People
Make no mistake, once tolls gain a foothold in your state, you will never be rid of them. So, friends, Tennesseans, countrymen, lend me your ear.
March 24, 2008 -
conservative
Why Most Voters Shouldn’t Vote
Most of us agree that having an educated populace is a prerequisite for a sound democratic republic. We also know that not everyone is well-educated. Thus, it cannot be a good thing for everyone to vote.
March 09, 2008 -
conservative
Conservatism is Dead; Long Live Conservatism?
We might ask: With conservatives like President Bush and many of the other Republicans, who needs liberals?
February 27, 2008 -
conservative
The Wrath of McCain
He will return to his lifelong positions as soft on illegal immigration, skeptical of tax cuts and favoring strong federal control over things like campaign financing. McCain has a reputation for being temperamental, and he strikes me as a vindictive man.
February 11, 2008 -
conservative
Out of Style: John Edwards & Timing
In this presidential race, the person most hurt by this political correctness isn’t Madame Clinton. Rather, it’s John Edwards, Little Boy Sue himself. It’s because his resume lacks a prerequisite: Sufficient melanin content or an XX chromosome configuration.
January 23, 2008 -
conservative
Trying to Kill the Immigration Card
With the Democrats, mum’s the word. It’s correct to say they don’t talk tough on immigration, but more apropos here is that they don’t talk about it much at all. Why do you suppose that is? While they don’t want to alienate the far left, they’re also mindful of winning Reagan Democrats.
January 22, 2008 -
conservative
Media Wars: The Race for the American Mind
Last year’s scamnesty bill had widespread support among the powers-that-be, with the president, the Democrat majority and mainstream media all singing its praises. Yet it went down to defeat, slain by a new-media coalition of talk radio and blogosphere warriors.
January 17, 2008 -
conservative
The Case for School Uniforms
So it starts with a goofy sweatshirt, devolves into Mohawks, purple hair, tattoos and body piercing, and the next thing you know, students have plates in their lips and earlobes as they go on a field trip and beat a chicken under the moonlight. We’ve redefined the First Amendment so it encompasses a multitude of puerile and prurient manifestations of “expression,” when it was only meant to pertain to speech (the rendering of opinions).
January 12, 2008 -
conservative
The Church of Huck
Our Founding Fathers’ unprecedented respect for liberty was born of their Christian belief that rights were bestowed by the divine king and not worldly ones. But whereas the founders kept charity out of gov’t, Huck conflates the two in a disastrous mix of bad theology and bad political science.
January 06, 2008 -
conservative
Hillary: The Plastic Lady
The pundits were writing Plastic Lady’s epitaph,
January 05, 2008
Pointing to lines going down on a graph.
She had a bad finish out west a little ways;
To socialist Utopians, it was the end of days. -
conservative
Al Gore Opens Mouth, Increases Carbon Footprint
Obviously energized by the crowd, Mr. Gore expanded on his election thesis, stating there was “no doubt” in his mind that he would be president today if only the world were a colder place.
December 17, 2007 -
conservative
How Free Are We Really?
We Americans take great pride in our freedom. We call ourselves “the land of the free, home of the brave,” have Lady Liberty in New York Harbor and the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia. By definition, a law is the removal of a freedom, as it dictates that there is something you cannot or must do. If the former, you’re not free to do it; if the latter, you’re not free to do otherwise.
December 13, 2007 -
conservative
UnCAIRing for Savage: Muslem Group Attacks Talk Radio Host
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 enthusiasm for overseas ventures when we allow the enemy’s fifth column to operate virtually unopposed on our shores.
December 02, 2007 -
Because She's a Woman
It’s very easy to fall behind the times. It is for this reason that you find 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 thing, there are those who ask if a woman can be elected president. The real question is, can a man running against a woman be elected president? Is being chivalrous courteous or condescending? Do I hold the door or let her roar?
November 20, 2007 -
conservative
Stereotyping 101
Stereotypes often arise because they have a basis in reality. For example, it was always said that Irishmen liked to drink. Once again, intelligent people know this doesn’t mean that every Irishman is a drunkard, but informed people might know something else: Ireland ranks number two in the world in per capita alcohol.
November 15, 2007 -
conservative
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 the time’s prevailing philosophy.
October 29, 2007 -
conservative
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. So, what is “racism”? If I point out that blacks commit an inordinate amount of crime and that 70 percent of black children are born out-of-wedlock, versus 27 percent for whites, is that racism?
October 22, 2007 -
conservative
Good, Evil & God
Man has long asked how a loving God could allow evil to exist in the world. It’s an age-old philosophical question that can cause those who want faith to doubt and those who want to doubt to mock faith. A Christian’s answer to this question is “free will,” a concept critics may regard as something reduced to a convenient cliché. The truth is, though, that this is a most fascinating subject to inquisitive minds.
October 18, 2007 -
conservative
Un-American San Francisco Supervisors Condemn Michael Savage
It cannot be a coincidence that those who preach tolerance the most are often the most intolerable. On Tuesday, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to condemn talk show host Michael Savage for “hate speech” after a failed attempt to do so in August. Just for the record, there is no discernible correlation between hate and hate speech, except that when leftists hate you, they will accuse you of it.
October 11, 2007 -
conservative
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. One might say it’s a result of the left’s antipathy toward competition, the increasing litigiousness of the day, or the inordinate concern with self-esteem and hurt feelings.
October 01, 2007 -
conservative
No Illegals, no Burritos.
As you may know, the DREAM Act — the latest Scamnesty scheme — is being debated in Congress at this moment. And it may be the Mexican dream, but it’s our nightmare.
September 28, 2007 -
conservative
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.
September 24, 2007 -
conservative
The Anti-Islamist Manifesto
Perhaps some of you have seen the document titled, “Manifesto: Together facing a new totalitarianism,” which is being disseminated widely on the Web.
September 14, 2007 -
conservative
Homo-expect-us: Imposing Values on Christians
There is a maelstrom brewing around High Point Church in Arlington, Texas. Church officials had offered to host a funeral for a homosexual man, Cecil Sinclair, even going so far as to agree to feed 100 guests and create an elaborate photo presentation about the man’s life.
September 03, 2007 -
conservative
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.
August 20, 2007 -
conservative
Free Speech From the Mouths of Babes?
July 02, 2007 -
conservative
Getting the Government the Third World Deserves
June 05, 2007 -
conservative
Immigration: Solutions, Not Excuses
May 30, 2007 -
conservative
Why They Won’t Assimilate
May 24, 2007 -
conservative
The Real Immigration Threat
May 15, 2007 -
conservative
Extolling the Female Tongue
May 02, 2007 -
conservative
Does Violence Have to be Taught?
May 02, 2007 -
conservative
Sharpton One; Imus and Whitey Zero.
April 23, 2007 -
conservative
Does God Make Fairies?
March 30, 2007 -
conservative
Rudolph Giuliani? What Were We Talking About?
March 02, 2007 -
conservative
Toward a More Savage Nation
February 23, 2007 -
conservative
The Temperature Also Rises
February 18, 2007 -
conservative
The Barker and the Shill
February 04, 2007 -
conservative
America-Land of the Soft & Weak
February 01, 2007 -
libertarian
Let’s Talk About the Butterflies and the Bees
February 01, 2007 -
conservative
Calling it "Gay Marriage" makes it so
January 17, 2007
