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Obama’s Scandals and Saul Alinsky
By
Jack Kerwick
In recent weeks, scandal after scandal has rocked Barack Obama’s administration. His presidency might be imperiled. Or it might not be. Obama steadfastly remains an activist, a “community organizer.” Nor has he forgotten that which he learned from the godfather of all community organizers, Saul Alinsky. In his Rules for Radicals, Alinsky writes that the…
Politically Correct Christians vs. Sober Thought
By
Jack Kerwick
A few weeks ago, Thomas Sowell wrote an article in which he implied that thinking—serious thinking—is an activity whose time has come and gone. If ever we needed proof of this, the Reverend Elizabeth Mollard supplies us with it in spades. On May 12th, The Lancaster New Era edition of The Intelligencer Journal published a…
Neither Marco Rubio Nor His Amnesty Plan are Conservative
By
Jack Kerwick
Not so long ago, such conservative movement notables as Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and many of their colleagues were singing the praises of Florida Senator Marco Rubio. The latter, we have been told, is a rock-ribbed conservative and GOP star who could very well be the next president of the United States. Doubtless, it is…
Clear Thinking and Good Citizenship
By
Jack Kerwick
Thomas Sowell recently wrote an article in which he suggested that “thinking” is an activity whose time has come and gone. Yet if he is right—and I believe that he is—then it isn’t only the intellectual virtue of analytical rigor of which we deprive ourselves. The 17th century French philosopher Blaise Pascal wrote that “thought”…
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