Category Archives: The Virtual University

March 9, 2012

The Virtual University: War – Big Government’s Best Friend

Bestselling author Tom Woods speaks at the Mises Institute’s seminar at Furman University, “War: Big Government’s Best Friend.” Sponsored by the Conservative Students for a Better Tomorrow.


Tom Woods


February 22, 2012

The Virtual University: Alexander Hamilton and George Washington

Alexander Hamilton is portrayed by scholar/performer Bill Chrystal. “How did I first come to the attention of General Washington?”

[Note: This article was originally posted on December 26th, 2011. The IFNM website was attacked by hackers and many articles are now gone from the archives. As a public service, IFNM is now reposting said articles.]


Bill Chrystal


February 17, 2012

The Virtual University: Antony Sutton – Wall Street & Bolshevik Revolution

When the evidence in these official papers is merged with nonofficial evidence from biographies, personal papers, and conventional histories, a truly fascinating story emerges. We find there was a link between some New York international bankers and many revolutionaries, including Bolsheviks. These banking gentlemen — who are here identified — had a financial stake in, and were rooting for, the success of the Bolshevik Revolution.

[Note: The IFNM website was attacked by hackers and many articles are now gone from the archives. As a public service, IFNM is now reposting said articles.]


February 7, 2012

The Virtual University: Custer – Examples in Leadership

Rod McNealy, Johnson & Johnson Marketing Executive, Princeton history major, Wharton Lecturer, presenting leadership case study on George Custer and the failure to recognize a changing world.


January 27, 2012

Video: Betrayal Of The Constitution – An Expose of the Neo-Conservative Agenda

John McManus, President of The John Birch Society does a presentation on the Neo-Conservatives. He explains the history of the Neo-Con movement.


John McManus


November 17, 2011

The Virtual University: Patrick Henry

Richmond resident, author and historian Jon Kukla discusses “Mr. Henry’s Revolution? Can the Founding Make Sense Without John Adams” during The John Marshall International Center for the Study of Statesmanship lecture series at The Jepson School of Leadership Studies.

November 8, 2011

The Virtual University: American Revolution Lecture on the U.S. Constitution

This lecture, given by Stanford history professor Jack Rakove, was one class of the Colonial and Revolutionary America History course which he taught in 2008.


Professor Jack Rakove

You can listen to the entire course on iTunes. [iTunes Link: http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/itunes.stanford.edu.19488]

November 5, 2011

The Virtual University: Immigration, World Poverty and Gumballs

Global humanitarian reasons for current U.S. immigration are tested in this updated version of immigration author and journalist Roy Beck’s colorful presentation of data from the World Bank and U.S. Census Bureau. The 1996 version of this immigration gumballs presentation has been one of the most viewed immigration policy presentations on the internet.

October 20, 2011

The Virtual University: Tales from the Mark Twain Papers

Noted Mark Twain scholar Robert H. Hirst, curator of the Mark Twain Papers and general editor of the Mark Twain Project at the University of California-Berkeley, delivered a lecture April 23 to celebrate Cornell University Library’s exhibition, “Known to Everyone, Liked by All: The Business of Being Mark Twain.”

Original source.

October 7, 2011

American Experience: Dolley Madison

She defined the role of the President’s wife, became America’s first First Lady, and in the process changed the face of the American presidency.

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