Dear John, 

Try Googling “What is Western civilization?” sometime.

Let me tell you, it’s disheartening.

I just performed this little experiment, and my screen filled with article after article demonizing Western civilization, or claiming that it never even existed.

The roots of our culture are being rejected. But ISI is as committed as ever to teaching the rich tradition that Western civilization has produced.

That’s exactly what our 15th annual Gala for Western Civilization is about.

You’re invited to join us Thursday, September 16, at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington. D.C.

You and hundreds of other ISI friends and supporters will come together to recognize the leaders, thinkers, and students who are fighting to preserve the Western tradition today.

• Larry P. Arnn, president of Hillsdale College, who will give the keynote address

• Diana Davis Spencer, executive chairman of the Diana Davis Spencer Foundation, who will receive ISI’s Charles H. Hoeflich Lifetime Achievement Award

• Glenn C. Loury, Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences at Brown University, who will receive ISI’s Faculty Award