About: Jack Kerwick, Ph.D.
Posts by Jack Kerwick, Ph.D.
William Graham Sumner: A Conservative Critique of Egalitarianism
Those of us who love liberty, regardless of whether we call ourselves libertarians or conservatives, know all too well the depths of intellectual...
Obama’s Bain Attack on Romney
The 2012 presidential election is becoming as testy as everyone knew it would. In fact, it is becoming downright ugly. This, however, should...
Romney, Obama, and the NAACP
On July 11, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney addressed a Texas chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)....
Morgan Freeman: “The First Black President Hasn’t Arisen Yet”
Famed film actor Morgan Freeman spoke with NPR’s Michel Martin during the latter’s NPR show, Tell Me More. Contrary to the conventional wisdom,...
My Debate With the “Son of Man” Over ObamaCare
On Friday, July 5, for about 90 minutes, I debated with “the Son of Man” — the leader of the New Nation of...
Romney on ObamaCare: “It Is a Tax and It’s Constitutional”
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has reassured the electorate that he agrees with the Supreme Court’s ruling that the infamous “individual mandate”...
Black and Conservative: A Tribute to George Schuyler
A look at George Schuyler, a forgotten black conservative, one of the most prolific editorialists, black or white, that twentieth century America has ever...
Turning Forty
On June 10, I turned 40 years old. Much has changed since 1972, both in my own life as well as in the...
The Successes of Ron Paul’s Campaign
In all likelihood, Ron Paul will not get his party’s presidential nomination. It is all but certain that the prize will go to that...
Commentators and Character
The decision to become a cultural commentator or pundit, like any other decision, comes at a cost. Perhaps not unsurprisingly, scarcely any commentator...
Morality versus Godliness
There is much talk these days about something called “Judaeo-Christian values.” This is the name that is invariably assigned to the morality to...
Change, Death, and Politics
A few weeks ago, I read and reviewed Ilana Mercer’s Into the Cannibal’s Pot: Lessons for America from Post-Apartheid South Africa. A week or...
My Grandmother and Moral Philosophy
The notion that moral conduct is primarily a matter of “obeying” rules or principles alleged to be universal in scope has figured prominently...
Alex Haley’s Fraudulent Roots
This year is the 35th anniversary of the ground-breaking television miniseries, Roots. Based on Alex Haley’s wildly successful novel, Roots: The Saga of...
Ilana Mercer’s “Into the Cannibal’s Pot”: A Review
Ilana Mercer’s, Into the Cannibal’s Pot: Lessons for America from Post-Apartheid South Africa, is an unusual book. Yet it is unusual in the...