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“Sometimes You’ve Just Got to Kick That Ass:” The Imperative of Self-Defense for Victimized Conservative Students
By
Jack Kerwick
Those on the right have always recognized that there are indeed legitimate uses of violence, and that the latter are reserved for those who aspire to fulfill their obligation to “fight evil.” It was the murderous actions of the radicals of the French Revolution that provoked modern conservatism’s “patron saint,” Edmund Burke, to famously declare…
“White Guilt” and Christianity
By
Jack Kerwick
A recent email discussion between a theologically diverse group of right-of-center friends—Christians, Jews, agnostics, and atheists—provided much food for thought. Is Christianity the main culprit for what one interlocutor aptly referred to as “white guilt” and all of the cultural and political degeneracy by which this phenomenon has been attended? This person and another—both non-Christians—agreed…
Big Christianism, the Christianism-Industrial-Complex vs. Christianity
By
Jack Kerwick
Christian leadership—meaning clerics and commentators of both the Catholic and Protestant varieties—all too often reveals itself to be of the world. Speaking as a practicing Roman Catholic, this is a sobering truth with which to reckon. But it’s true all of the same. Between genuine Christianity and what I will henceforth refer to as Big…
When the Political Has Become Physical: The Need for Self-Defense in an Age of Leftist Violence
By
Jack Kerwick
Almost a generation ago, David Horowitz, editor of Frontpagemagazine, wrote The Art of Political War. Horowitz’s’ book was addressed to his fellow Republican partisans who failed to realize what Horowitz—and the left from which he converted—knew all too well: “Politics,” he wrote, “is war conducted by other means.” The author elaborated: “In political warfare you…
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