Hillsdale College stayed open for the full 2020-2021 school year, despite hurdles posed by government responses to COVID-19, something that was only possible because “we’re stubborn,” according to college President Larry Arnn. “This is our business and we couldn’t see a good reason not to do it,” Arnn said. While Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and...
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Wall Street Journal editorial writer says ‘there’s nothing left’ for liberalism to do
We are living in Robert Bork’s America, and it’s the fault of liberalism, according to Barton Swaim. Swaim, a political books columnist for the Wall Street Journal and the spring 2021 Eugene C. Pulliam Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Journalism, gave a public lecture on April 20, titled, “You Can’t Argue with the Righteous: Is Political...
Renovated Mauck Elementary receives new name
A little more than two years into its overhaul from abandoned school to educational hub, the old Mauck Elementary has acquired a new name: The Stanton Foundation Center for American Classical Education. The 1930s-era building, which was out of use for eight years before the college purchased it in 2018, will be named for the...
The evil oils inside your food
Why are some health-conscious people rejecting canola and other genetically-modified oil? Is there real science behind the counter-canola craze, or is it just another dieting fad? According to Harvard expert Guy Crosby, soybean, canola, palm, and corn oil are the top four vegetable oils consumed in the United States. These oils are referred to as...
A good movie is hard to find: ‘Flannery’ shows shocking grace
Few phrases stick like “a good man is hard to find.” Those words were probably uttered a thousand times before southern-gothic author Flannery O’Connor was born to Regina Cline and Edward Francis O’Connor in Savannah, Georgia in 1925 and wrote a short story by the same title 28 years later. They’ve probably been uttered at...