Col. Allen West is a man the left loves to hate -- a conservative who happens to be a black man.  Is he a traitor to the black community, or a man with the mission of freeing all Americans from the yoke of victimization and government dependency? While very much autobiographical (why I love this country and why I shall fight wholeheartedly and fearlessly for the future of our republic), Guardian of the Republic, An American Ronin's Journey to Faith, Family and Freedom (written with Michelle Hickford) is also an introduction to conservatism in general and an explanation of the purported enigma of the black conservative. While West was campaigning for re-election in a redrawn Florida Congressional District in 2012, a black woman screamed at him, “How could you do this?  How could you be one of them?  Your parents are ashamed of you.  You are not a real black person.”  In fact, West reflects that he was fortunate to have...(Read Full Post)