In Poor Richard’s Almanack (1738), Benjamin Franklin offered this aphorism about plagiarism: “There is much difference between imitating a good man and counterfeiting him.” Mary Grabar, Resident Fellow, The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI), exposes the counterfeiters. In the September 5th issue of Gloria Greenfield’s online journal for Doc Emet [...]
The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is pleased to announce that Timothy W. Burns, Professor of Political Science at Baylor University, will deliver the 16th Annual David Aldrich Nelson Lecture in Constitutional Jurisprudence on Constitution Day, September 17. The lecture, “Two Visions of a Constitution: Adams and Publius,” will [...]
The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is pleased to announce that it will offer two courses for the fall semester, 2023. All AHI courses are free and open to the public. Course #1: Dr. David Frisk will lead both a Zoom and in-person course, “Reading the Federalist Papers.” Course [...]
Mary P. Nichols, Senior Fellow, The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI), is a specialist in the Great Books. Indeed, AHI recently honored her and her husband David, both retired professors of political science at Baylor University, with an annual Great Books conference in their name. Mary has published a learned [...]
Not only does Kamala Harris, Vice-President of the United States, specialize in producing word salads from scratch, she makes rancid jam from low-hanging fruit as well. At a recent speech at Jacksonville, Florida, Harris targeted the state’s African American history curriculum, meaning to diminish Presidential-aspirant Governor Ron DeSantis in the process. Mary Grabar, Resident Fellow, [...]
Favorable reviews for Juliana Pilon’s book An Idea Betrayed: Jews, Liberalism, and the American Left (2023) keep on coming in including an incisive analysis by the political theorist David Lewis Schaefer published in the online journal Law & Liberty, a publication of Liberty Fund. But Dr. Pilon, Senior Fellow, The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of [...]
Peter Coclanis serves as an academic adviser to the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI). In “Food for Thought about Climate Change” in the July 18th issue of The American Conservative, Dr. Coclanis, a leading economic historian at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, beams wisdom for young people concerned [...]
Larry Grathwohl died in 2013. Mary Grabar, Resident Fellow, The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI), met Mr. Grathwohl several times over her career. He put himself in harm's way in the Vietnam War as a member of the 101st Airborne Division, earning a Bronze Star for his service. Subsequently, [...]
The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization’s (AHI) highly acclaimed two-week Washington Program on National Security (WAPONS) has successfully concluded. A one-of-a-kind learning experience since 2015, the Washington Program on National Security (WAPONS) held its seventh session from June 21-30. For the past two years, the program was made possible by a generous fund from the [...]
The Nation Organization of Scholars (NAS) has named Alexander Riley to their board of directors at their recent meeting. Dr. Riley, Senior Fellow, The Alexander Hamilton Institute (AHI) as well as professor of sociology at Bucknell University, will fill his duties immediately. AHI Senior Fellow Alexander Riley NAS is one of foremost [...]
