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 [...]
Casimir Zablotski from Buffalo, New York, is the recipient of the Fourth Annual James Piereson Fellowship. He received the $3000 award from The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) to perform postgraduate work in Poland through a program with the Kosciuszko Foundation. Casimir Zablotski standing by a statue of revolutionary [...]
In a recent “Gay Pride” parade in New York City on June 24, in front of children, the bawdy adult revelers in garish costumes and various stages of undress, chanted, “Were here; were queer. We’re coming for your children.” Not to be outdone, Admiral Rachel L. Levine, Assistant Secretary for Health for the U.S. Department [...]
The recent decision by Kathy Sheehan, the Democratic Mayor of Albany, to have the statue of John Philip Schuyler consigned to oblivion has Mary Grabar disconcerted. Schuyler (1733-1804) was one of the richest men of the province of New York. He fought in the Continental Army, rising to the rank of general; supported the [...]
Cormac McCarthy, one of the world’s greatest novelists, passed away on July 13. Alexander Riley, Senior Fellow, The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI), takes the opportunity with his passing to review his work for the June 13 issue of Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute. According to Dr. [...]
Mary Grabar, Resident Fellow, The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI), presented a paper on the conservative African American intellectual George Schuyler on June 8 at the Policy History Conference, organized by Donald Critchlow. The biennial conference offers an interdisciplinary forum for academy scholars, independent scholars, and graduate students to [...]
Alexander Riley, Senior Fellow of the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization, delves into “Who Is Vladimir Putin” in the June 7th issue of Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute. Dr. Riley reviewed Le Livre noir de Vladimir Poutine (The Black Book of Vladimir Putin), an anthology under the editorship [...]
