Faculty Fellow News /center/benson/ en Former Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy gives speech on America's Birthday /center/benson/2025/07/28/former-visiting-scholar-conservative-thought-and-policy-gives-speech-americas-birthday <span>Former Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy gives speech on America's Birthday</span> <span><span>William Godsil</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-07-28T12:23:24-06:00" title="Monday, July 28, 2025 - 12:23">Mon, 07/28/2025 - 12:23</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/center/benson/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/page/allenmed.jpg?h=e2a3a951&amp;itok=_RR-cwbR" width="1200" height="800" alt="William B. Allen"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/center/benson/taxonomy/term/268" hreflang="en">Faculty Fellow News</a> <a href="/center/benson/taxonomy/term/262" hreflang="en">News24-25</a> <a href="/center/benson/taxonomy/term/267" hreflang="en">Visiting Fellow News</a> <a href="/center/benson/taxonomy/term/36" hreflang="en">news</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>Former Benson Center Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy, W.B. Allen recently gave a speech on marking the milestone of America's birthday. In it, he discusses the burden of our inheritance and the foundations of the United States of America.&nbsp;<br><br>His speech can be found here on his Youtube Channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ksh2514PYcI" rel="nofollow">Declaration 250</a></p><blockquote><p><em><span>William B. Allen was the 2018-19 CWCTP Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy and was a Senior Scholar in Residence for 2019-20.&nbsp;Allen is the emeritus dean, James Madison College and emeritus professor of political philosophy at Michigan State University.</span></em></p></blockquote></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Former Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy gives speech on America's Birthday</div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Related Articles</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Mon, 28 Jul 2025 18:23:24 +0000 William Godsil 1841 at /center/benson Benson Center Sabbatical Fellow Appears on Macro Musings Podcast /center/benson/2025/07/22/benson-center-sabbatical-fellow-appears-macro-musings-podcast <span>Benson Center Sabbatical Fellow Appears on Macro Musings Podcast</span> <span><span>William Godsil</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-07-22T14:25:31-06:00" title="Tuesday, July 22, 2025 - 14:25">Tue, 07/22/2025 - 14:25</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/center/benson/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-07/georgehall-header-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter.jpg?h=406ada2e&amp;itok=3BzHo2tp" width="1200" height="800" alt="George Hall Podcast"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/center/benson/taxonomy/term/268" hreflang="en">Faculty Fellow News</a> <a href="/center/benson/taxonomy/term/262" hreflang="en">News24-25</a> <a href="/center/benson/taxonomy/term/36" hreflang="en">news</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>Upcoming Benson Center Sabbatical Fellow, George Hall, recently appeared on George Mason University's <a href="https://www.mercatus.org/macro-musings" rel="nofollow">Macro Musings podcast</a>, in the episode <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mercatus.org%2Fmacro-musings%2Fgeorge-hall-fiscal-consequences-us-war-covid&amp;data=05%7C02%7CWilliam.Godsil%40colorado.edu%7Ca62699b1f9e7478895e808ddc9503cf5%7C3ded8b1b070d462982e4c0b019f46057%7C1%7C0%7C638888068629982314%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=08w7D2VD57ox5aOio2HaaxqzfDNAQD%2B5y3c2fSXhBL4%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="nofollow">George Hall on the Fiscal Consequences of the US War on COVID</a>. Additionally, check out his previous appearance on the podcast on the episode <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mercatus.org%2Fmacro-musings%2Fgeorge-hall-history-us-national-debt-and-government-financing&amp;data=05%7C02%7CWilliam.Godsil%40colorado.edu%7Ca62699b1f9e7478895e808ddc9503cf5%7C3ded8b1b070d462982e4c0b019f46057%7C1%7C0%7C638888068630014862%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=3AXjPCKQhayW0FOEP8Hhx0cUCj%2FTa9lbBk68fUeNf4E%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="nofollow">George Hall on the History of the U.S. National Debt and Government Financing</a>.&nbsp;</p><blockquote><p><em><span>George Hall is a professor of economics at Brandeis University, and was formerly an economist at the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank. George has written widely on the history of U.S. public finance, and he joins Macro Musings to talk about the history of the U.S. national debt, including the most recent surge resulting from the pandemic.</span></em></p></blockquote><p>&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Benson Center Sabbatical Fellow Appears on Macro Musings Podcast</div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Related Articles</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Tue, 22 Jul 2025 20:25:31 +0000 William Godsil 1840 at /center/benson 100 New Thinkers and Experts on International Relations includes Benson Center Fellow /center/benson/100-new-thinkers-and-experts-international-relations <span>100 New Thinkers and Experts on International Relations includes Benson Center Fellow</span> <span><span>Alexander Jack…</span></span> <span><time datetime="2024-10-14T13:52:40-06:00" title="Monday, October 14, 2024 - 13:52">Mon, 10/14/2024 - 13:52</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/center/benson/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2024-10/Teitelbaum%20headshot.jpg?h=67be7359&amp;itok=hXQlKfTW" width="1200" height="800" alt="Benjamin Teitelbaum headshot"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/center/benson/taxonomy/term/268" hreflang="en">Faculty Fellow News</a> <a href="/center/benson/taxonomy/term/262" hreflang="en">News24-25</a> <a href="/center/benson/taxonomy/term/36" hreflang="en">news</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>Benson Center Faculty Fellow <a href="/center/benson/benjamin-teitelbaum" rel="nofollow">Benjamin Teitelbaum</a> named by Radio France as one of the <a href="https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/les-100-nouveaux-penseurs-et-experts-des-relations-internationales-et-quelques-experts-plus-habituels-2743967" rel="nofollow">100 new thinkers and experts in international relations</a>.&nbsp;</p><blockquote><p><span>Benjamin Teitelbaum is an ethnomusicologist and a scholar of extreme right-wing movements, especially in Europe and North America. 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