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Parents, NOT Governments, Holding the Line Against Barbarism
By
Jack Kerwick
“Thank you for your service.” Whenever these words are uttered, it is always—always—a soldier to whom they are directed. And while police officers aren’t typically singled out for random expressions of gratitude, they too are held in particularly high esteem, for like soldiers, police officers are seen as constituting the line between civilization and savagery. …
Answering Christmas’ Discontents
By
Jack Kerwick
While 2 billion people—one third of the Earth’s population—celebrate the Birth of all births at this time of year, Christmas—or at least the conventional manner of celebrating it—remains an object of derision, even of contempt, for some. For all of their differences, its discontents—unbelievers, non-believers, and Christian “purists” alike—unite in mocking it for the pagan…
A Non-Ideological Look at the Phil Robertson Controversy
By
Jack Kerwick
With his characteristic bluntness, Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty warned the rest of us against being “deceived” by those who would have us think that “adulterers, the idolaters, the male prostitutes, the homosexual offenders, the greedy, the drunkards, the slanderers, the swindlers” will “inherit the kingdom of God.” Homosexual activist groups have pounced upon Robertson…
The Fallacious Origins of Socialism
By
Jack Kerwick
According to his profile, Darren Hutchinson is a professor of “Constitutional Law, Critical Race Theory, Law and Social Change, and Equal Protection Theory” at the University of Florida. At his blog, Dissenting Justice, Hutchinson takes yours truly to task for a recent article of mine in which I contend that the enterprise of rectifying “income…
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