Reflections

On May 22, about 600 students, faculty, and local observers attended ISI’s Cicero’s Podium debate series event at Oregon State University. The debate was on the topic, “Evolution vs. Intelligent Design: Scientific Assumptions in a Free Society.” Dr. Michael Ruse of Florida State University defended the theory of evolution, while Dr. Cornelius Hunter of Biola […]

On Thursday, May 4th, Clarence Thomas addressed ISI’s Dinner for Western Civilization in Wilmington, Delaware – only about 6 blocks from my apartment. Pretty cool. We had over 300 people in attendance – most were donors, but the dinner also included about 40 ISI Faculty Associates and 30 student Campus Representatives, all of which came […]

On April 30, I had a heck of a day traveling back to the east coast. After a few hours delayed in the Chicago Midway airport, which was where my connecting flight took off from, I finally made it to my final destination: Providence, Rhode Island… about 3 hours later than expected. Oh well, that’s […]

On Saturday morning, we did the second of two events at the Signs of Life Bookstore in Lawrence. I helped to lead a session, once again held on the second floor art gallery, on “An Introduction to American Conservatism.” Caleb Stegall of The New Pantagruel also helped lead the session with me. I gave the […]

On Friday, April 28, I had really nothing planned in particular. But sometimes unplanned days are the best of them all. I woke up early enough to catch a class. Yes, two years removed from college and I’m making it a point to wake up for a class. I know how odd that must sound. […]

On Thursday, April 27, I participated in the first event I had come out to Kansas for. Josh Ney, ISI’s Campus Representative at the University of Kansas, came up with the idea for a high school essay contest months earlier. On this night, there was an official awards ceremony in the Signs of Life art […]

So, after the long night, I slept in a bit. By the time I had awakened, Josh had already left the ranch and went back into Lawrence to go to work. I had asked him to stay out there with me because honestly it would have been quite creepy out there by myself. When I […]

The owner of the bookstore Josh works at, Sign of Life, put me up at his ranch which is about 20 minutes outside of Lawrence. It was awesome, but my first trip out there involved following Josh (who was driving ahead of me) at about 12 midnight. The last 2 miles to the ranch involve […]

On Wednesday, April 26 I arrived in Kansas! Before arriving in the state that was made famous by Dorothy and her dog, Toto, I drove right through Independence, Missouri (home of President Harry Truman) and Kansas City, Missouri. Then, I was on to Lawrence, Kansas … home of the University of Kansas and the Signs […]

Later on Tuesday, I drove a couple hours south through southern Illinois and rural northeast Missouri. On my journey, I passed over the Mississippi River and the Missouri River. Pretty neat. I had traveled all the way from the East coast and felt like I was literally crossing the frontier. What journey it has been. […]