Dick Bishirjian
Political philosopher.
Author. Educator.
For over six decades, I have defended the principles of ordered liberty through teaching, writing, and institution building.
A life dedicated to ideas.
Richard J. Bishirjian earned his Ph.D. in Government and International Studies from the University of Notre Dame under Gerhart Niemeyer. He studied with Michael Oakeshott at the London School of Economics and Sanskrit at Columbia.
He served as a political appointee in the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations, taught at the University of Dallas and College of New Rochelle, and founded Yorktown University, where he served as President for sixteen years.
His books include The Conservative Rebellion, The Coming Death and Future Resurrection of American Higher Education, and the 2025 autobiography My Story.
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My Story
An autobiography chronicling six decades in the conservative movement, academic battles, and service in two presidential administrations.
Learn moreThe Conservative Rebellion
A powerful defense of ordered liberty and the principles that have shaped the American conservative tradition.
Learn moreThe Coming Death and Future Resurrection of American Higher Education
An insider's account of the fight for accreditation at Yorktown University and the crisis facing American academia.
Learn moreCoda
A political novel exploring power, conscience, and the fate of the republic in our time.
Learn moreEssays & Reflections
The Conservative Rebellion
Why the principles of limited government and individual responsibility remain the only viable path forward for a free society.
The Death of American Higher Education
How ideological capture and administrative bloat destroyed the university's mission — and what must be done to restore it.
Sixty Years in the Movement
Reflections on mentors, battles, and the ideas that have defined a lifetime of scholarship and public service.
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