Hillsdale College hosts National Leadership Seminar
Hillsdale College recently hosted a National Leadership Seminar in Phoenix, Ariz., according to a community announcement.
The event, held from Feb. 18-19, brought together leaders from various sectors to discuss topics such as Israel, anti-white racism and Big Pharma. The seminars aim to promote ideas of limited government, free-market economics, individual liberty, personal responsibility and a strong national defense.
Charlie Kirk, founder and CEO of Turning Point USA, delivered a speech titled “Hitting the Ground Running: The Trump Transition and Early Priorities.” Kirk emphasized the Trump administration's efforts to restore the three branches of government, the sovereignty of the people and the authority of the president over executive agencies.
“This is a once-in-many-lifetimes opportunity — a moment to reclaim what has been given to us that we did not earn, that we do not deserve — to get us back on the path of the Divine Providence that the founders talked about in our birth certificate, the Declaration of Independence,” Kirk said. “And it’s only possible, in my opinion, thanks to Hillsdale College and all the work that you guys do here.”
Josh Hammer, author of “Israel and Civilization: The Fate of the Jewish Nation and the Destiny of the West,” spoke on the significance of Israel and its connection to Western civilization. He argued that fundamental aspects of Western civilization have their roots in the Bible and the Jewish tradition.
“We can’t do this separately,” Hammer said. “Only an ecumenical Jewish-Christian alliance that doubles down on our biblical inheritance, that recognizes exactly what we stand for — only that alliance that has the original people of the book, the Jews and Christians, who really made Western civilization themselves — it is only an alliance between both of these groups that will be sufficiently strong, knowledgeable, confident, and able, willing, and (dare I get my hopes up a little too much) eager to turn back the tide against woke, Islamism and global neoliberalism.”
College President Larry P. Arnn addressed the topic of “Defending the American Way of Life.” He highlighted the principle that all men are created equal and discussed the challenges faced by a free people.
“This thing that has grown up, that has consumed half our economy and driven us to near bankruptcy and threatens to reduce us to despotism — we’ve got to the place now where it can’t go on much more,” Arnn said. “It’s a house divided, and it must become one thing or the other, and if it becomes the new thing that it’s trying to become, it will be a contemptible and miserable thing, and people are waking up and seeing that, and the kind of people who are coming to the fore right now are a resurrection of the best people from the past.”
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Other speakers included Jeremy Carl, author of “The Unprotected Class: How Anti-White Racism Is Tearing America Apart,” and Sharyl Attkisson, author of “Follow the Science: How Big Pharma Misleads, Obscures and Prevails.”
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