Mary Eberstadt spoke at Hillsdale College this week for the Center for Constructive Alternatives lecture series on the 1960s, where she spoke on “Paradoxes of the Sexual Revolution.” A senior research fellow at the Faith and Reason Institute and graduate of Cornell University, Eberstadt is an American essayist and novelist whose pieces have appeared in...
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Meet the new Councilmen: Greg Stuchell
Greg Stuchell of Hillsdale’s Ward 1 was not only elected to the city council at the ballot booths in November, but he was quite literally sent by the people. His name wasn’t even on the ballot, but 101 people wrote in his name, giving him 42 percent of the vote in Ward 1. Stuchell...
Meet the Councilmen: Ray Briner
When Ray Briner spends time with his 7-year-old daughter, he puts aside all phone calls or work related duties. He said he is seeking to create a healthy environment in Hillsdale for his daughter to grow up in, just as he did. This past November, Ray Briner was elected to his first public office...
Water tower painted for the first time since 1997
The Hillsdale water tower has a new paint job, but not everyone is pleased with the makeover. Former Board of Public Utilities director Mike Barber said the tower hadn’t been painted since 1997. Renovating it required sandblasting, both inside and out, and recoating it with a special epoxy paint. In June, the city council unanimously...
Citizens, not government, can solve gun violence
In the wake of another mass shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas, the cry to government to prevent these events is once again at the forefront of our national conversation. Gun violence joins the problem of racism as one of the greatest challenges we currently face as a nation — a problem we expect government to...