About: Jack Kerwick, Ph.D.
Posts by Jack Kerwick, Ph.D.
Todd Akin and the Possible Fall Out for Republicans and Democrats
On August 19, Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin inadvertently thrust the perennial issue of abortion into the center of this election season. ...
The GOP, Todd Akin, and Abortion
On Sunday, August 19, Republican Senate candidate from Missouri, Todd Akin, embroiled himself in a world of national controversy. Dr. Kerwick provides an...
Why Romney Will Defeat Obama
The contest between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama for the presidency will end with a decisive, and possibly even a landslide, victory for...
Is Obama’s Lead Over Romney Really Widening?
A Fox News poll taken between August 5 and August 7 purports to show that if the presidential election were held today, President...
Obama Campaign Hits a “New Low,” Romney Campaign Says
When Ann Romney told CBS News that Barack Obama’s campaign against her husband amounted to nothing more than an all-out plan to “kill...
A Defense of Superman: Learning Virtue through Popular Fiction
By way of comparing Superman with Christ, I show how, his critics assertion to the contrary aside, Superman's selfless use of his awesome...
Obama Bringing Chicago-Style Politics to Election Season
It would seem that all of the optimistic talk of “hope” and “change” that marked President Obama’s campaign of four years ago is...
The Chick-fil-A Bully and His Victim
On August 1, legions of Americans from across the country came out in defense of Chick-fil-A, the fabulously successful fast food chain that...
Marriage and Divorce: a Look at Arguments Long Forgotten
With the issue of gay "marriage" assuming national significance, we would be well served to familiarize ourselves with the arguments of 19th-century conservative...
Will Chick-fil-A “Kiss In” be Effective?
When Dan Cathy, CEO of the fabulously successful fast-food chain Chick-fil-A, told Online Baptist Press that he supports the “traditional” family, he ignited...
Obama Leading Romney in Swing States?
The latest Quinnipiac/CBS/New York Times poll shows that Obama leads Romney in three swing states, but chances are good that the poll is...
The Campaign Against Chick-fil-A
The phenomenally successful restaurant franchise Chick-fil-A is once again at the center of national controversy. And, once again, it is a controversy generated...
Will Louis Farrakhan Help or Harm Rahm Emanuel?
Chicago Mayor and former White House Chief of Staff to President Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel, has invited the controversial Nation of Islam leader...
Romney Addresses VFW; Wants More Military Spending, Foreign Intervention
In his July 24 address to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Mitt Romney declared that President Obama had exposed the military to radical...
Aurora Shooting: Why Was a “Batman” Showing Targeted?
As I write this, the news is a buzz with the massacre that occurred in Aurora, Colorado, during the midnight opening show of The...