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The Brit PM’s Limp-wristed Attack on Multiculturalism

By Selwyn Duke

A sad testimonial as to the effete state of Western culture is that even ineffectual, feminized defenses of it are applauded as brave.  Case in point: British Prime Minister David Cameron has made news by giving a speech in which he said that “state multiculturalism” has failed.  And while he earned three spots on Drudge and a “hear, hear!” from mainstream conservatives, the truth is that whether or not his words are too late, they are certainly too little.

They’re also just words.

Chinese Segregation: No Caucasian Mummies Need Apply

By Selwyn Duke

The Chinese exhibition “Secrets of the Silk Road” ran without incident in California and Texas. But now Chinese authorities have decided that parts of it really must be kept secret and have ordered that some artifacts and, most notably, a certain mummy not be displayed. The news came as a blow to the Penn Museum in Philadelphia, which was poised to show the exhibition in toto starting February 5 and was informed of the change just the evening prior.

At issue is a 4000-year-old mummy called the “Beauty of Xiaohe.” Remarkably well preserved, she has long eyelashes, half-open eyes and flowing hair. But then there is the distinction that may make her a political liability.

She’s Caucasian.

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The Tyranny of Human Rights Commissions

By Selwyn Duke

If you want to know what lies just a little ways further down the rabbit hole of political correctness, go north, Western man. If you do, you’ll wind up in Canada, where the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal (OHRT) has given us what columnist Margaret Wente calls “The case of the smelly lunch.” But it smells more like tyranny.

The saga started when Maxcine Telfer, owner of a Mississauga-based operation that helps immigrant women find jobs, Audmax Inc., hired a gal named Seema Saadi as an “intake worker.” But finding a job and keeping one are two different things, and Miss Saadi went on the outtake line after only six weeks. This is, of course, when the trouble started.

Saadi went to the OHRT and, writes Wente, “complained of discrimination and harassment because of her race, colour, ancestry, place of origin, ethnic origin, disability (she is legally blind), creed and sex,” an eight-category discrimination cocktail that would make Telfer champion bartender of the bias-raised bar. What was Saadi’s specific complaint? Wente tells us:

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That South Dakota Gun Mandate

By Selwyn Duke

The recent bill that would compel every South Dakota resident to buy a firearm has created quite a stir.  And since the piece I recently wrote on the subject evoked some fairly strong emotional responses, I want to clarify a few matters.

Some respondents assumed that my article reflected a negative attitude toward guns, but nothing could be further from the Truth.  I not only believe that every good man in America should own at least one firearm, I think that every time gun manufacturers are targeted by Bloombergettes with lawsuits or legislation, we should buy another firearm to support Smith, Wesson and the rest of our friends.  My motto is, the pen is mightier than the sword…but not the AR-15.

South Dakota’s Proposed Gun Ownership Mandate and Constitutional Ignorance

By Selwyn Duke

There’s no doubt that conservatives’ understanding of the Constitution surpasses that of liberals – unfortunately, though, sometimes not by much.  And a recent South Dakota bill brings this to light.

The Nanny Staters at Life’s Dangerous Intersections

By Selwyn Duke

Increasingly, our government reminds me of a certain old Star Trek episode.  It was titled “I, Mudd,” and in it the Enterprise explorers found themselves in the grip of seemingly perfect androids determined to serve man.  The automatons informed the crew that humans were “self-destructive,” needed their “help” and couldn’t be trusted with freedom.  One of the mechanical masters concluded by telling Captain Kirk, “we shall serve them [humans] and you will be happy…and controlled.”

I don’t know if the episode was meant as big-government allegory, but it could serve as such.  And there’s no shortage of nanny-state intrusion stories to bring it to mind.  For example, consider a proposal by a New York City senator to prohibit citizens from using gadgets such iPods, cellphones and music players while walking.  You read that right – not while driving or operating buses or trains.

Walking.