The Conservative Sage

I n the early morning hours of September 7th on Cleveland's west side, three masked gunmen stormed into a Taco Bell in an attempted robbery. To their surprise several employees were armed and opened fire on the robbers. 24 year old Decarlo Jackson was shot six times. He was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. The other two suspects are still at large as of this writing. Unfortunately incidents such as this play out frequently around the country. A black male(s) attempts an armed robbery of a business establishment or home. At best he is shot and wounded, at worst he's killed by the armed store clerk or homeowner. In many instances it has been armed customers who have fired the fatal shot at the would be robber. The Black Lives matter crowd, the social justice establishment as well as the national media are dead silent while scores of black men are killed every year. According to the Centers for Disease C ontrol  the No.1 cause of death for black men 15-34 i

The horrific events in Charlottesville earlier this month have once again touched off national debates about race, free speech, bigotry and relevance of Confederate symbols. A march organized by white nationalist erupted in violent clashes with counter protestors. The clash turned deadly when a vehicle driven by James Alex Fields slammed into a crowd of protestors killing 1 and injuring 19 others. President Trump sparked his latest of what has become monthly controversies when he condemned violence, bigotry and hatred "on many sides". Democrat and Republican politicians rushed to put out statements condemning bigotry and hatred and how it has no place in our country. As soothing as those comments may be, they're wrong. Many Americans, not least of which our political leaders seemed to have forgotten that little document called the United States Constitution. In this document it guarantees the right of free speech and expression of all ideas, no matter how vile or unpop