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Duke on TV: My Latest Appearance on Bill Martinez LIVE—7/7/25

By Selwyn Duke

I was on with Bill, one of the truly good people in the media, for approximately 50 minutes. We had a great discussion that was very information dense. I hope you enjoy it. 

Duke on TV: My Latest Appearance on Patriot TV—7/1/25

By Selwyn Duke

We discussed the U.S.'s moral decay, among other things. For my appearance and its introduction, fast-forward to 33:50.

Why Honesty Is the Key to MAGA — and the Good Life

By Selwyn Duke

Many years ago now, I encountered a man wearing a T-shirt stating “Everybody lies, nobody cares.” I thankfully never saw that shirt again. But I did think to myself at the time, “Well, I don’t lie — and I do care.”

We all should. No one had to explain why, either, to John Birch Society founder Robert Welch. He addressed the importance of honesty in 1970, writing:

If all men (and women too, of course), from diplomats to drunken bums, would simply resolve tomorrow always to be truthful, about everything — to the best of their knowledge and understanding — and would then abide by that resolution, I believe that fully half of all the troubles and grief of the human race would disappear within six months.

While one could quibble about what percentage of problems would disappear and how fast, the basic principle is unarguable. It’s as with a computer: garbage in, garbage out. If the input is incorrect, so will the output be. But if the data fed into the system is correct — is Truth — the output will also be correct.

Study: Most Americans Are “Unbiblical” Moral Relativists — and It Invites Tyranny

By Selwyn Duke

Addressing a large group of arrivals in Hell, the Devil said, reassuringly, “You’ll find there’s no right or wrong here. Just what works for you.” That scene, presented on a 1977 New Yorker magazine cover, well epitomizes our time, a new study has found. In fact, the research shows, most Americans reject moral absolutes — this is true even of most U.S. “Christians.”

As a consequence, to make what some call “moral decisions,” most Americans don’t actually seek to discern morality. Rather, 74 percent rely on their “feelings.”

The “Trans” Empire Strikes Back, Attacks U.K. Court; J.K. Rowling Responds

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By Selwyn Duke

If Daniel Radcliffe and the rest of the Harry Potter actors really could perform magic, maybe, just perhaps, they could turn a man into a woman. But it’s impossible beyond the world of Hollywood fantasy. This hasn’t stopped them, however, from embracing the fantasy that this sexual transformation can, somehow, occur in real life. Moreover, actors as a group have become defenders of this “faith,” reflexively attacking any expression of anti-“trans” sanity. Thus did many hundreds of actors and writers recently sign open letters opposing last month’s U.K. Supreme Court (UKSC) ruling. The issue?

The ruling found that 15-year-old British legislation really did mean “sex” when using the term “sex,” and not a misused term (“gender”) with twice as many letters and syllables.

(The UKSC puts our Supreme Court to shame on this, by the way. That is, a few years back the latter somehow couldn’t figure out that 1964 legislators didn’t mean “gender” when writing “sex.” This is even though “gender” was virtually never applied to humans at the time.)

But one writer that didn’t sign any protest letter is Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling. In fact, she posted a long rebuttal to the effort on X this past Saturday. She made some excellent points, too.

Deadly Marriage? The Dems’ Disastrous Refusal to Divorce the “Trans” Lobby

By Selwyn Duke

When the history of our time is finally written, assuming there’s someone around to write it (AI?), one can imagine how the historians may interpret the Democrats’ obsession with pseudo-sex-switching.

“They believed boys could become girls merely by wishing it, and they persecuted those deviating from this orthodoxy.”

“It’s why the Democratic Party died.”

Death of the West: Britain Is Now Attacking Its Most Legendary Writer

By Selwyn Duke

“Lord, what fools these mortals be!” This remark, made by the mischievous sprite Puck in William Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s Dream, was directed at the absurdity of man’s love affairs. And while such folly is timeless, the comment is also relevant to a rather odd love affair perhaps unique to our time.

That is, the West’s affair with an ideology dictating its own culture’s destruction.

Perhaps the latest example of this toxic relationship comes from, ironically, the land that once perhaps did more than any other to spread Western culture: the United Kingdom. And its current effort at grinding itself down is an attack on its greatest writer, Shakespeare himself.

That’s right, it’s not enough that Britain now reportedly has a lower GDP than our poorest state, Mississippi. The country also apparently wants its cultural fortunes to mirror its economic ones.

As a Matter of Fact, I DO Care What People Do in Their Bedroom

By Selwyn Duke

Some years ago, during a brief social/political discussion with an older woman I ran into in a store, she said something to the effect of, “I don’t care what people do in their bedroom.” She made the statement reflexively, clearly confident I’d agree. Doesn’t everyone today?

Imagine her shock when I replied passionately and without missing a beat, “Well, I do!”

That pretty much ended the conversation. Really, though, it also can be a good conversation starter — for the truly inquisitive.

As to my meaning, no, I’m not Enid Strict The Church Lady (I don’t look good in a dress and I tend more toward Paul Harvey than Dana Carvey). Nor would I, as emperor, put CCTV cameras in everybody’s home; I’ve no interest in uber-intrusiveness. But I do have a strong interest in preserving civilization — and in restoring it in the first place.

Cartoonist Portrayed Trump as Sex Offender — Then Was Arrested for Child Porn

By Selwyn Duke

Methinks the man doth protest too much.

This twist on a Shakespeare line could come to mind while pondering the story of one Darrin Bell, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist. Bell is famous for, among other things, drawing anti-Trump cartoons in which he portrays the president as a vile sex offender. He also often characterizes conservatives generally as, writes a critic, “sexual predators or people who are weirdly obsessed with child sexuality.” Given this, the following may seem poetic.

Bell was arrested last Wednesday on charges of possessing 134 child pornography videos, as well as AI-generated child porn.

Wow, who saw that coming?

(That is, except for anyone mildly acquainted with a certain ideological group’s projection tendencies.)

What’s more, if guilty, Bell will just be the latest among a multitude of leftists found complicit in sexual misconduct.

Most “Mentally Ill” People Are Leftists, Says Writer; “Transgenderism” Is One Example

By Selwyn Duke

Most “mentally ill” people are on the political left, Harvard professor Arthur Brooks explained last year. In 2016, the American Journal of Political Science reported that liberal political beliefs are linked to psychoticism. A decade earlier, radio legend Dr. Michael Savage released his eyebrow-raising book Liberalism Is a Mental Disorder. But could it really be that there’s an association between ideological orientation and psychological disturbance?

Or does the impression that liberals are more “mentally ill” exist only because, well, they are?