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With Robert Kaufman, 2017-8 Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy. The motto of Reaganite internationalists with regard to Trump is 'trust but verify'. Any prognostication about Trump should marinate in caveats. Hope that sensible, solid advisors such as Secretary of Defense Mattis and UN Ambassador Haley bring out and sustain the better angels of Trump"s nature...Trump may turn out badly. Hillary Clinton would have.
"My program requires that I demonstrate a foreign language proficiency by the time I complete my exams and advance to candidacy. In my research I may actually need more than one foreign language, and this can end up very costly. With the
"This summer I received a grant from the CWCTP to study German, which has been both edifying and rewarding. My discipline (Classics) has a strong place in German intellectual history, and many of the foundational works on the various sub-fields are
"With the grant from the Center for Western Civilization, Thought and Policy, I spent the beginning of the summer studying the German language for reading knowledge. This was my first foray into the German language and I found it fascinating.