When I decided to work and live on a communal farm that produces organic vegetables in the summer of 2016, I anticipated finding my vocation in a state of pastoral bliss. Instead, I found humility. I will be honest, the decision to move to the farm was fueled by reading a lot of agrarian literature...
We human beings are peculiar creatures. In addition to reason, reflection, and contemplation, we have been blessed with the ability to deliberate through language. Conversations form friendships, settle disputes, and from them the liberal arts spring to life. Hillsdale College students are benefactors of an academic environment that champions intellectual liberty to pursue truth both...
The Asian cold war conflict originally escalated from two diametrically opposed ideologies. A division between the communist north and the democratic south primed the country for civil war. As casualties eclipsed million after million and up to 30 percent of the north’s population was slaughtered, a profoundly deep anti-American sentiment festered. No, this isn’t Vietnam:...
The City of Hillsdale is so anxious for innovation, it can’t pause for a comma. To complement a new logo, the city is considering a few taglines, including: “Where Tradition, Education and Innovation Thrive.” But if Hillsdale really stands by those values, it should insert the Oxford comma after “education.” The Oxford (or serial) comma...
The event commonly known as the Protestant Reformation was not a reformation. To reform something is to change or fix problems and abuses. A revolt, on the other hand, is to separate oneself from an institution or to renounce allegiance. Martin Luther aimed to reform the abuses and corruptions in the Catholic Church, of...