Richard Kelsey
Richard Kelsey is the Editor-in-Chief of Committed Conservative.
He is a trial Attorney and author of a #11 best-selling book on Amazon written on higher education, "Of Serfs and Lords: Why College Tuition is Creating a Debtor Class"
Rich is also the author of the new Murder-Mystery series, "The ABC's of Murder," book one is titled, "Adultery."
Rich is a former Assistant Law School Dean and Law Professor. At Mason Law Kelsey conceived of, planned, and brought to fruition Mason’s Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property, known as CPIP, drawing on his expertise as a former CEO of a technology company specializing in combating cyber-fraud.
In 2014 he was elected by the graduating class as the faculty speaker at their graduation.
He is a regular commentator on legal and political issues in print, radio and on TV. Rich has appeared on hundreds of stations as a legal expert or political commentator. He provided the legal analysis for all stages of the Bob McDonnell trial and appeal for numerous outlets including NPR and WMAL.
Rich also writes on occasion for the American Spectator and CNSNews.com.
In his free time, Rich is part of the baseball mafia of Northern Virginia, serving on numerous boards and as a little league and travel baseball coach.
His Twitter handle is @richkelsey.
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Syria is a disaster.
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The two major political parties may be “necessary” evils,...
The Senate requires confirmation hearings to give its consent to a nominee to become a Supreme Court Justice. Fortunately, America doesn’t have to suffer through these vaudevillian productions often. The Senators' partisan conduct is cringe-worthy. Somewhere in this country,...
