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Trayvon Martin: An “Innocent Child” or a Thug Wannabe?
By
Jack Kerwick
George Zimmerman has been acquitted in the shooting death of “the child,” the “young boy,” Trayvon Martin. As should go without saying, it is of course a tragedy that our world is such that it regularly claims human life. It is particularly tragic when young people, like Martin, lose their lives in circumstances that could…
“Framing Trayvon?” The Facts Regarding Trayvon Martin
By
Jack Kerwick
Writing for Front Page Magazine, Arnold Ahlert castigates his fellow conservatives for acting badly. In “Framing Trayvon,” Ahlert contends that “many conservatives” have engaged in a “demonization campaign” against Martin—or “Trayvon,” as Ahnert calls him—that runs “parallel” to that promoted against Zimmerman by such “racial arsonists” as Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson. Conservatives “have hastily…
Paula Deen and the Fundamental Transformation of America
By
Jack Kerwick
As most of us now know, Paula Deen has admitted to having used “the N-word” at some time in her life, most memorably when, some 30 years ago or so, she provided her husband with a description of a black thug who put a gun to her head while he robbed the bank at which…
John Adams: Remembering the Most Conservative of the Founders
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Jack Kerwick
As Russell Kirk suggests in his classic, The Conservative Mind, there is no one among America’s Founding Fathers that provides as articulate and discerning a vision of genuinely conservative thought as John Adams. Adams was a man of great learning and genius. He also is among the most prolific political authors that the United States…
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