National Review Online and Ron Paul
Republican leaders' decision to honor Ron Paul with a video tribute at this year’s Republican National Convention didn’t sit well with some on the nominal right. In an article appearing...
About: Jack Kerwick, Ph.D.
Posts by Jack Kerwick, Ph.D.
A Review of Paul Gottfried’s “Leo Strauss and the Conservative Movement in America”
What few people — and even fewer people among self-avowed “conservatives” — ever bother to ask is whether the popular understanding of conservatism is an accurate understanding. That is...
Romney, the GOP, and Paul Supporters
Not unlike other politicians, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan can use every vote they can get in their race to capture the White House for the Grand Old Party....
Obama’s Response to RNC: Has the President Lost Credibility?
The Obama campaign spared not a moment to respond to Paul Ryan’s and Mitt Romney’s convention speeches. Yet its reply was at least as negative in character as it...
Is D’Souza Correct About Obama?
I haven't seen 2016: Obama's America, but it is based on Dinesh D'Souza's book, The Roots of Obama's Rage, that I reviewed upon its publication. Here, I argue against...
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 analysis of Republicans' reaction to Todd...
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 Romney in November. Obama's endorsement of...
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 would defeat Republican challenger Mitt...
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 Mitt Romney,” she wasn’t lying. Obama’s...
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 power enhances his humanity and makes...
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 now ancient history. This election season,...
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 became the object of left-wing hostility...
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 theorist Louis de Bonald against divorce...
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 a firestorm of controversy. For this,...
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 flawed and incorrect. ...
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 by those who waste not a...
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 Louis Farrakhan to help in the...
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 and unjustified cuts in funding and...
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 Dark Knight Rises — the third and...