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Red Meat and Hot Cars: Men, Not Women, Most Responsible for “Climate Change,” Study Claims

By Selwyn Duke

Man, oh man, is there any woe a toxically masculine man isn’t responsible for today? The recent miniseries Adolescence, for instance, put the onus for much anti-female violence on the “manosphere.” And now we learn that, supposedly, the manosphere also mucks up the atmosphere, with a new study linking men to higher CO₂ emissions.

Strangely enough, too, news outlets say “higher CO₂ emissions” like it’s a bad thing.

MABA: Make America Birth Again? Women Putting Babies Over Careers

By Selwyn Duke

It certainly is odd that the ideological set now claiming not to know what a woman is once claimed to know precisely what a woman’s role should be. But it did. And, boy, was it ever a coup, in league with convincing eagles they shouldn’t fly or sunfish they shouldn’t swim. In fact, generations of women have been sold the lie of careerism — to their own detriment (and our civilization’s).

On XY in XX’s Sports, Whoopi G. Opens Her Mouth—and Removes All Doubt

By Selwyn Duke

“It’s better to remain silent and be thought a fool,” goes the amusing saying, “than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.” Despite this well known warning, there nonetheless is a show that specializes in removing such doubt—it’s called The View. A case in point is a recent episode in which co-host Caryn Johnson (aka Whoopi Goldberg) essentially claimed that people opposed to having female-identifying men in women’s sports are ignorant. She further defended the MUSS (Made-up Sexual Status, aka “transgender”) agenda with the now quite stale argument that “God doesn’t make mistakes.”

Now, while I don’t blame God, it could occur to one that if mistakes didn’t somehow manifest themselves in the human population, how could you explain Whoopi’s reasoning ability?

Moreover, Goldberg’s theory does not support her MUSS agenda but refutes it. For if all is ordained by God and is thus without flaw, then no one could possibly “be born in the wrong body,” right?  (Not to mention that babies afflicted with spina bifida must not actually exist. Well, darn it, the fake news sure fooled me there!)

Was the Toronto Crash DEI Delivered by a Feminism-obsessed Airline?

By Selwyn Duke

“My first wife was ’tarded,” said the low-IQ “Doctor Lexus” while reassuring his patient in the 2006 film Idiocracy. “She’s a pilot now.” A bit later in the movie, a plane is seen crashing in the distance while everyone goes about his business cavalierly, completely inured to such gross incompetence. Now, some may say it’s a bit frivolous opening an article on a serious topic with a popular-culture reference. It’s not, however, any more frivolous than a girl-power commercial produced by the airline involved in last Monday’s Toronto crash. What’s more, the commercial perhaps offers insight into why the mishap occurred. It’s also a commentary on our decaying meritocracy — and brings us closer to “idiocracy.”

Democrats’ “Man” Problem: Trump Is an Alpha, and Liberal Beta Males Can’t Compete

By Selwyn Duke

Democrats have a man problem. And it’s not just because, as Judge Jeanine Pirro informed recently, only 12 percent of liberal women “claim to be completely satisfied with their lives — and it is because all the manly men have flocked to President Trump.” It’s also, on a related note, this:

Democrats have long relied on young voters as part of a winning coalition. They delivered in 2020, too, as Joe Biden won the 18-29 vote by 24 points (59 percent to 35 percent). They broke Democratic in 2024 as well, albeit by a much narrower margin: six points. (Fifty-two percent supported Kamala Harris, 46 percent Donald Trump.)

To the point here, however, the shift among young men — and some other male demographics — was striking. Men 18-29 voted for Biden over Trump in 2020 56 to 41 percent. Yet this was almost precisely reversed in 2024: 56 percent of young men supported Trump; only 42 percent went Harris.

Yes, Obama and Biden Dumbed Down Air Traffic Controllers and the FAA

By Selwyn Duke

What do you think of the following information about the hiring of air traffic controllers? Candidates “whose worst subject in high school was science [and who played a lot of sports] and candidates who are unemployed receive the most points possible on the test” (for the position), wrote The Blaze in 2018. “In contrast, licensed pilots and those with extensive air traffic control knowledge aren’t highly scored.” How could this be?

It was the result of “diversity” efforts — what’s now called DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) — instituted under Barack Obama and continued by Joe Biden. It gets worse, though, too.

These Obama-era DEI efforts also created a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) push to hire people who are deaf, blind, and/or have “severe intellectual” and “psychiatric disabilities.”

Yes, Obama and Biden Dumbed Down Air Traffic Controllers and the FAA

By Selwyn Duke

What do you think of the following information about the hiring of air traffic controllers? Candidates “whose worst subject in high school was science [and who played a lot of sports] and candidates who are unemployed receive the most points possible on the test” (for the position), wrote The Blaze in 2018. “In contrast, licensed pilots and those with extensive air traffic control knowledge aren’t highly scored.” How could this be?

It was the result of “diversity” efforts — what’s now called DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) — instituted under Barack Obama and continued by Joe Biden. It gets worse, though, too.

These Obama-era DEI efforts also created a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) push to hire people who are deaf, blind, and/or have “severe intellectual” and “psychiatric disabilities.”

Stereotypes or Reality? Study: 6-year-olds Believe Boys Are Better at Computing and Engineering

By Selwyn Duke

Back in 2005, while explaining why so few women occupied top science positions, economist Lawrence Summers suggested it could partially have to do with “issues of intrinsic aptitude.” It was one reason why he was forced from his Harvard presidency position the next year. And if this standard still holds today, a lot of little kids will have to be canceled, too. After all, by age six already, a large number of them embrace Summers’ theory.

That is, they believe boys are better at computer science and engineering.

That’s what a recent analysis of almost 100 studies found, anyway. And, of course, this is a major problem, the mainstream media warn. As they may put it, this means the kids “are internalizing gender stereotypes.” Yet there’s another reason children may think males are better at computing and engineering.

Because they are.

If that sounds like bias, well, there’s plenty to go around. Just consider that one of the studies analyzed found that by age eight, students believe girls possess greater verbal gifts. Other research has found that kids think academic success is “for girls.” But neither is what the media lead with (in fact, it’s hardly mentioned). It’s not something they say is a problem. It’s also not suggested that this could be the result of “internalizing gender stereotypes.” (And now we know why, increasingly, people are internalizing a certain mainstream-media stereotype. Hint: It’s the one that’s gradually putting them out of business.)

“Toxic” (Read: Heroic) Masculinity Saves Women’s Lives

By Selwyn Duke

“There is no female Mozart because there is no female Jack the Ripper,” pointed out feminist professor and cultural critic Camille Paglia, demonstrating a grasp of sex differences. Men do get plenty of “credit” for their Jack the Rippers, too. And their Mozarts (and heroes)? Not so much.

Town Fined 10K for Not Celebrating “Pride” Month — and Other Foreign Craziness

By Selwyn Duke

With the election of Donald Trump, many Americans are hopeful that so-called wokeness will go the way of the dodo. Yet as recent warnings inform, such cultural change requires, well, a change in the culture (not just the politics). And perhaps helpful in this regard is considering what happens when a civilization continues down the rabbit hole of relativism. We have many such examples, too — they’re called foreign countries.