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We're pleased to announce today that @volokhC, an influential legal scholar @HooverInst, has been named the recipient of the third annual McLellan Prize of $50,000 for Advancing Free Speech and Expression.
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Today is the 5th anniversary of @ubookman editor Gerald Russello’s passing. Please pray for him today. Attend his memorial lecture in NYC on Dec. 2, to be given by @GeraldMurray8. More info here: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/fi…
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Snapped this unposed photo during the @Hillsdale Collegiate Scholars retreat @KirkCenter this weekend. Yes, they were all reading physical books!
How did advocates develop "hybrid rights" arguments and how did those arguments shape free-speech and free-exercise doctrine? @DennisWieboldt of @NotreDame, will pursue that question through a Dick and Ethie Haworth Free Speech Fellowship.
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His research traces litigators’ strategies during the Supreme Court’s strict-separationist era, when they believed a hybrid-rights claim might fare better than a stand-alone free-exercise claim: buff.ly/eWNta7Y
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You can join us on November 19 at the @PressClubDC to celebrate Dennis’ Fellowship award and other award recipients, including @VolokhC, winner of the 2026 McLellan prize. Registration is now open: buff.ly/BeALg35
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@Doctorkilt has published a timely biography, "George Washington: Citizen, Soldier, Statesman," and the 250th year of the sovereignty of the US is a perfect moment to reflect upon the life and character of the American Pater Patriae. Join us: buff.ly/3eWO8yy
You unfortunately must be hurt by life in order to understand it more deeply. James E. Person Jr. explores the emotional depth of Gloria Whelan's writings in his review of her "Playing with Shadows."
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As part of the Richard D. McLellan Prizes for Advancing Free Speech and Expression Program, we're pleased to award the 2026-27 Mickey Shapiro Free Speech Fellowships: John G. Grove, editor-in-chief of @LawLiberty, and @cmnelson71, from the Lumen Center: buff.ly/XWeqScA.
A whole word is opened for English readers now that Campo has been translated by Alex Andriesse.
Read @acloudofsaints' review here: buff.ly/6yH23Pf
"Burgis includes a little table demonstrating the transformation, across seven realms, of how the search for quick hits of dopamine have come to dominate our behavior. For instance, whereas in traditional culture, one would play a sport, it gradually became more common to watch."
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From October 15–18, the Russell Kirk Center welcomed twenty Woodhouse Public Policy Fellows from @TFASorg for a thought-provoking seminar on Russell Kirk’s magisterial "The Roots of American Order." buff.ly/8W38lrv
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“I learned so much from these discussions. Talking through the content with my peers and the professors helped me crystallize my own ideas about our nation’s past, and where it might be headed.” - @TFASorg Seminar Participant
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“The Kirk Center was extremely hospitable and homey. I felt valued in my time spent there...I would greatly encourage anyone with the opportunity to come experience the beauty of the place and be sharpened by the scholarship.” - @TFASorg Seminar Participant
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From @heymiller: Russell Kirk — a longtime National Review contributor who, like Berry, fled the academy for a rural homestead — discovered the Kentuckian around this time. “Berry is possessed of an intellect at once philosophic and poetic, and he writes most movingly,” wrote Kirk in a 1978 newspaper column. “Humane culture has no better friend today than he.”nationalreview.com/2012/07/j… #WendellBerry
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The @KirkCenter has announced that the McLellan Prize for Free Speech will be awarded to influential legal scholar Eugene Volokh! @VolokhC kirkcenter.org/highlights/eu…
Don't miss meeting and hearing from our new Free Speech Fellows in person! Along with special guests on November 19 at the National Press Club.
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