John Forrest Sharpe is an American publisher and author. He has published of numerous articles and books on the economic theory of

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. He is chairman of the publishing house IHS Press in Virginia; the vice-chairman is

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. IHS Press and the Legion of St. Louis (LSL), another publishing entity run by Sharpe that sells books such as

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'' and

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's ''Strange Gods of Judaism,'' are on the list of hate groups for the nonprofit left-wing organization

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Controversies over alleged racist views

He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and a former submarine officer and media spokesman for the Atlantic Fleet. On March 7, 2007, John Sharpe was temporarily relieved of duty pending a Navy inquiry into allegations that he was involved in supremacist activities. In 2008, the Catholic University of America canceled a lecture series in which Sharpe was to speak after the

said Sharpe is anti-Semitic, though no review of his written opinion had occurred. Sharpe later filed suit against

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, claiming defamation in a news story. The suit sought $5 million in compensatory damages and $350,000 in punitive damages. In April 2009, Norfolk Circuit Court judge Norman A. Thomas issued his opinion. In it, Thomas grants a summary judgment to the defendants on the major issues of the case, concluding that Sharpe's writings "do espouse anti-Semitic and racist views...No reasonable person can read Sharpe's individual writings and conclude that he espouses anything other than a deep, abiding and pervasive suspicion of and hostility toward Jews, whether considered as a collective people, religion, nation or ethnic group."

Speaking engagements

In 2005, Sharpe visited Australia to speak on Catholic social teachings. In conjunction with the Australian

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, he gave a talk entitled ''The Third Way: Distributism and the New Politics'' to a breakfast scheduled between the

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and the Thomas More Summer School. The event was recorded in the journal AD2000.

References

External links

IHS Press

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