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“On November 5, 2023, the entire freshman class participated in a mandatory training titled “Continuing Education: Diversity, Inclusion and Community.” University representatives told students that they could under no circumstances miss the session and would be reprimanded if absent”…read more (12/22/23)

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Sigma Nu Members Cast a Vision for the Future
Apr 27, 2025
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Sigma Nu Members Cast a Vision for the Future
Apr 27, 2025
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Apr 27, 2025
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Peale’s George Washington Portrait Loaned for Semiquincentennial Celebrations
Apr 27, 2025
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Peale’s George Washington Portrait Loaned for Semiquincentennial Celebrations
Apr 27, 2025
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Apr 27, 2025
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Professor Lucas Morel on America250
Apr 26, 2025
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Professor Lucas Morel on America250
Apr 26, 2025
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Apr 26, 2025
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“Kudos to President Dudley for defending Matt Walsh’s campus speech, despite substantial faculty and student blowback against the event … But the battle for a campus open to different ideas is not yet over. University administrators can still use opaque rules to stymie event planners and deter campus discourse”…read more (10/5/23)

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America’s Pressing Counterinsurgency Problem
Apr 24, 2025
Academic, Opinion
America’s Pressing Counterinsurgency Problem
Apr 24, 2025
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Apr 24, 2025
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Trump’s Foreign Policy Disaster
Apr 22, 2025
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Trump’s Foreign Policy Disaster
Apr 22, 2025
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Apr 22, 2025
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Tariffs As a Tool, Not an End
Apr 21, 2025
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Tariffs As a Tool, Not an End
Apr 21, 2025
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Apr 21, 2025
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“Six weeks prior to the commencement of the [1924] Democratic bloodbath, Washington and Lee University students had convened their already well established quadrennial mock convention. The W&L fireworks began with a bitter — and prophetic — platform fight over Prohibition”…read more (2/15/23)

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Historical Highlight: A Student Under General Lee
May 7, 2025
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Historical Highlight: A Student Under General Lee
May 7, 2025
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An aged alumnus looks back at the stern yet kindly leadership of President Robert E. Lee


May 7, 2025
Academic
America’s Pressing Counterinsurgency Problem
Apr 24, 2025
Academic, Opinion
America’s Pressing Counterinsurgency Problem
Apr 24, 2025
Academic, Opinion

America’s capacity for foreign conflict is dangerously low and a threat to our security.

Apr 24, 2025
Academic, Opinion
Historical Highlight: Washington Responds to Gift Solicitation
Feb 25, 2025
Academic
Historical Highlight: Washington Responds to Gift Solicitation
Feb 25, 2025
Academic

President George Washington picks Liberty Hall Academy to receive his gift of stock.

Feb 25, 2025
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Satire: The Hypocrisy of Our Covid Czars

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The Jacobins of the Present vs. the Titans of the Past
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The Jacobins of the Present vs. the Titans of the Past

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