Joe Griffith

William Blackstone Professor of Law and Society at @ashbrookcenter | PhD @baylor | Studying #parentalrights and #classicaleducation

[Joe Griffith @profjoegriffith]

I’m in great company—and am honored to be recognized by The Heritage Foundation for my scholarship on parental educational rights!

@AshbrookCenter @Ashland_Univ

[Heritage Foundation @Heritage]

🏆 Today, we announced the winners of the fourth annual Freedom and Opportunity Academic Prizes, that recognizes higher education professionals whose important work advances key conservative policy priorities!

“Each year, the winners of Heritage’s Freedom and Opportunity Academic Prizes remind us that the best days of American higher education are still ahead. Their scholarship on the American family, the dignity of the human person, the promise of free enterprise, our heritage and citizenship, national security, and the principles of our Founding is helping to lay the groundwork for the new Golden Age. We are honored to stand with this year’s winners as they help ensure America’s next 250 years are even brighter than the last.”
- @KevinRobertsTX, President of The Heritage Foundation

Click here to view the 2026 Freedom and Opportunity Academic Prize recipients: https://t.co/NGlCxuXDfd

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: Loose retelling of the Passion narrative and Hans Christian Anderson’s “The Snow Queen,” plus a bit of Le Morte d’Arthur

Prince Caspian: A riff on Hamlet, with a dose of Norse myth and medieval romance

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader: The Odyssey and the imrams (medieval Irish tales about journeys across the sea in pursuit of wonders)

The Horse and His Boy: a loving homage to The Arabian Nights

The Silver Chair: a medieval quest narrative with nods to Sir Gawain & the Green Knight, The Faerie Queene and Tam Lin

The Magician’s Nephew: Paradise Lost meets Edith Nesbit

The Last Battle: Edmund Spenser (Mother Hubberd’s Tale) and The Book of Revelation

[Joe Griffith @profjoegriffith]

@michaelbd

[Jack Miller Center @JackMillerCtr]

NEW BOOK ALERT 📚 📖 💭 Jack Miller Fellow Zachary German (@utk_civics) releases a new book next month on Montesquieu’s influence on the debates over the Constitution during the American founding, Making a Constitution: Montesquieu and the Challenges of the American Founding (University Press of Kansas). FOR A LIMITED TIME! While ordering, use code "24MAKING" during checkout for 30% off. https://t.co/uHsp5Ow0wW

[Joe Griffith @profjoegriffith]

@elimcgowan Anton Barba-Kay’s book, A Web of Our Making, is phenomenal.

[Josh Craddock @joshjcraddock]

Meet the small DOJ unit approving some of Trump’s most controversial policies — via @washingtonpost

https://t.co/2wW3XmCFA4

[Josh Sumpter @SumpterJosh]

A memorable day of learning beyond the classroom with a monastery visit for students in REL 214: Christian Formation at Ashland University! @Ashland_Univ

[Nadya Williams @NadyaWilliams81]

I heartily approve of this honest marketing for my next book, dropping February 2027! https://t.co/fe1uJRQCQn

[Joe Griffith @profjoegriffith]

@Kin_Loch @RandalHendrick9 someone tell Ignatius J. Reilly

[Jack Miller Center @JackMillerCtr]

History Conference 📚️ 💭 🤝

Congratulations to Cara Rogers Sevens (@Ashland_Univ), who received the inaugural Revolutionary Legacies First Book Prize at the welcome reception for our history conference, hosted in cooperation with @AmRevInstitute.

Learn more about her book: https://t.co/YqoOjwmMj2

[Joe Griffith @profjoegriffith]

New volume on Lincoln!

My chapter explores
🎩 how Lincoln’s understanding of
🥕 his Article II pardon power and
⚖️ federalism
🇺🇸 shaped his reconstruction policy

Diana Schaub, Michael Zuckert, @GregMcBrayer3, @carringtonam, etc contribute too!

@AshbrookCenter @Ashland_Univ

[Joe Griffith @profjoegriffith]

@malcolmguite’s new book makes timely the timeless, like the Inklings did last century, bringing forth the wisdom of ancient legends for modern ears.

In the age of AI slop and shortened attention spans, I almost can’t believe it exists.

Review with @mereorthodoxy coming soon

[Joe Griffith @profjoegriffith]

@holland_tom @TheRestHistory Bringing on @malcolmguite ?

[Philip Bunn @PhilipDBunn]

Just concluded teaching Book IV of the Republic. I don't know how Socrates could be much clearer: the model of the city is a phantom, a shadow, an image. The reality is that justice is primarily about order in the soul. Eat your heart out, Popper.

[Joe Griffith @profjoegriffith]

@second_sailing What of hers should I read first?

[Joe Griffith @profjoegriffith]

Amazing achievement by my colleague at @AshbrookCenter and @Ashland_Univ, Dr. Cara Rogers Stevens! Well done!

[Jack Miller Center @JackMillerCtr]

HISTORY NEWS 🇺🇸 📚 📜

Join us in congratulating the inaugural winner of our Revolutionary Legacies First Book Prize, Cara Rogers Stevens!

The Jack Miller Center’s Revolutionary Legacies First Book Prize recognizes the most distinguished first book by a new author that significantly enhances our understanding of the American Revolution, the Founding Era, and their enduring legacies. Cara Rogers Stevens has been awarded the prize for her excellent work, Thomas Jefferson and the Fight against Slavery (University Press of Kansas, 2024). The title has been widely recognized for its thoughtful examination of what Jefferson did—and did not do—to end slavery and bring equality to America.

Rogers Stevens will be formally presented with the prize next week at the Jack Miller Center’s 2026 History Conference in Washington, D.C. This year’s conference theme is “The American Revolution and Its Legacies: Independence and a Candid World.”

Distinguished prize honorable mentions include Lauren Duval and @AZReichardt.

Read more in our press release!
https://t.co/YqoOjwmMj2

[Joe Griffith @profjoegriffith]

@Kin_Loch @RobertTalisse 😂

[Joe Griffith @profjoegriffith]

@GiancarloSopo Only Murders in the Building is the modern Rear Window

https://t.co/TiNvgF9GFY

[Joe Griffith @profjoegriffith]

@second_sailing New AHI conference location?

[Rachel Cohen Booth @rcobooth]

one more thought. I was unsure how Yondr pouch distribution would go, especially at the end when everyone was leaving at the same time. And it was just… easy and fast? Credit to the staff but made me much more optimistic phone-free events can be done in a wide range of settings

[Analytic Valley Girl Chris @ChrisExpTheNews]

I was using ChatGPT for legal advice and it decided to completely hallucinate some preposterous nonsense about how growing wheat to use on my own farm somehow constitutes interstate commerce