Journalist Betsy Hart was 13 years old when Ronald Reagan lost the Republican presidential nomination. “I actually laid on the living room sofa and cried,” Hart said. Hart, senior development writer for The Heritage Foundation and former syndicated columnist and Reagan White House press aid, delivered her speech “It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World:...
“If Jackson read this account, I do not think he would challenge me to a duel—and once you read about him, you will realize that this might be the highest praise a biographer can earn.” On that note, Professor of History and Russell Amos Kirk Chair in American Studies Bradley J. Birzer begins his sixth...
After professor of art Bryan Springer designed a new font in the summer of 2017, he compared the process to climbing Mount Everest — but said that he would do it again. Called Courbelle (French for “beautiful curve), Springer envisioned the font while spending summer in New York City at the School of Visual Arts...
Saturday marks the beginning of the Hillsdale Chargers’ swimming season as the team will swim in its Blue/White intersquad scrimmage. The team has been hard at work preparing for the season with daily practices and a team retreat, all while acclimating the new freshmen to the fast-paced, intense world of Charger swimming. The Blue/White is...
There’s an old Russian folktale that is often told with the help of Matryoshka nesting dolls. A man was trying to pull a turnip from the ground, but it was much too big. He called his wife to help him, but still the turnip wouldn’t budge. The wife called their granddaughter over. The three pulled,...