Thursday

Rothfus

So I'm working late last night. It's 6:00 and my line starts ringing. I typically don't pick up, since you never know who you might get (yes, I hide behind my secretary), but for some reason, I felt like gambling. The guy on the other line: Keith Rothfus, Class of 1990, ND law school. The name scarcely rang a bell, until I pulled up his website. It then all came back to me: the guy who patiently explained principles of the natural law to me, a Lutheran at the time, when I was a first-year student and ignorant (skeptical) of all such things (Professor Charles Rice later set me straight). We talked quite a bit back in those days, at random moments. Keith was staunchly pro-life and never shied from admitting it.

After the Class of 1990 graduated, I never heard from him again, until last night.

He called, looking for support. He's on the cusp of moving to Washington: He won his congressional Republican primary in Pennsylvania and is now looking to knock-off the Democratic incumbent in November. We talked for a little while. He has six kids, is still pro-life, is Catholic, and expresses serious concerns about fiat currency and the Federal Reserve. In other words: Finally, one of our own. He's positioned to win this thing, so I'm going to start plugging him, plus I'll make a small donation (and I've never donated to politicians).

Please spread the word about Keith. I can't claim him as a close friend or anything like that, but he was a genuine and kindly guy for the short time I knew him a long time ago and, based on our conversation last night, he still is.

Maybe there's real hope for this country after all.