Jack Kerwick received his doctoral degree in philosophy from Temple University. His area of specialization is ethics and political philosophy. He is a professor of philosophy at several colleges and universities in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Jack blogs at Beliefnet.com: At the Intersection of Faith & Culture. Contact him at jackk610@verizon.net or friend him on facebook. You can also follow him on twitter. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JackKerwick http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JackKerwick TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2013 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:34:00 GMT Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:34:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ The name of "Russell Kirk" is heard seldom, if ever, in conservative circles today. This is tragic, and maybe even a bit scandalous, for as William F. Buckley-a person whose name is well known-once said, it "is... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JackKerwick/2013/04/15/russell-kirk-n1568456 394376b2-5be2-410c-a648-e36f38f59422 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:34:00 GMT My interest was piqued recently when I encountered at Townhall.com the title of Kurt Schlichter's article: "Let's Help Academia Destroy Itself." The author, a self-described conservative, levels a visceral assault... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JackKerwick/2013/03/05/response-to-the-schlicter-piece-n1526587 cf1d7a9d-52c4-45b0-9bf3-c8576a60323c Tue, 05 Mar 2013 21:50:00 GMT More than a few Americans who tuned into the Oscars ceremony Sunday night were put off by the appearance, via satellite, of First Lady Michelle Obama. Washington Post writer Jennifer Rubin expresses their disgust... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JackKerwick/2013/02/25/the-celebrity-presidency-n1520064 209caabb-fce1-4ee4-bcc2-24baea5b9060 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:53:00 GMT While teaching on Aristotle in my ethics class last week, I noted that he was a "teleologist." A teleologist is simply one who thinks that everything in the world has an essential purpose that makes it the kind of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JackKerwick/2013/02/10/freedom-of-the-presscontrol-n1507375 1835c07a-f3cd-4485-8046-ba5a4da75d68 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 05:01:00 GMT It has been quite some time since the fictional character, Rocky Balboa, has achieved the stature of a cultural icon. Sylvester Stallone's hugely successful film franchise has his beloved "Italian Stallion" exchanging... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JackKerwick/2013/01/16/book-review-dont-thank-me-thank-your-recruiter-n1490111 221eeb2a-2c02-43b5-bd33-87701b3f4af3 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 05:01:00 GMT "The Republican Party is no longer the party of limited government, with limited spending and limited taxes. It is now officially exactly right behind the Democrats-on everything. It is time for conservatives to start... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JackKerwick/2012/12/06/gop_and_big_government__friends_not_foes 30ea51b4-dc48-4513-ae49-2fb38a1dbe34 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 05:01:00 GMT Near the close of the Vice Presidential debate in Kentucky on Wednesday night, moderator Martha Raddatz asked Vice President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan about the relationship between their faith and their... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JackKerwick/2012/10/15/the_kentucky_debate_joe_biden_and_abortion 7b3b4472-cfdc-44f5-9e59-66dd2676f5ce Mon, 15 Oct 2012 19:15:00 GMT The first presidential debate of 2012 is now behind us. And Republican challenger Mitt Romney won it handily. No one challenges this verdict. Even President Obama's most ardent supporters concede it by way of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JackKerwick/2012/10/05/the_denver_debate_a_second_look 8ce2f6f4-5261-4cc2-8636-39d87f20978f Fri, 05 Oct 2012 18:00:00 GMT We now have exhibition 4,003 to prove that, at bottom, Barack Obama's agenda is and has always been socialistic to the core. The most recent piece of evidence confirming what, by now, everyone should know all too... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JackKerwick/2012/09/20/redistribution_what_it_means_and_where_it_leads 6eebab6f-e233-4ce7-b65f-4d2d0745ae79 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:26:00 GMT Addressing the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday night, First Lady Michelle Obama told audiences that, ultimately, her husband's ambitious agenda is not political, but personal. "In the end," she said, "for... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JackKerwick/2012/09/06/the_philosophy_behind_the_policies_of_obama_and_the_left 676ff928-9651-4e5f-8ace-6c278986c663 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 13:29:00 GMT