The Second Amendment is ineffective to protect property rights. It’s hard to safely own a gun. The right to bear arms is dangerous and risky––people will abuse or misuse guns, causing harm not only to one another, but to the laws of this nation. It’s far too hazardous to our safety to allow the general...
Year: 2018
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Schuette touts rule of law, credentials in governor’s race
The first person in Michigan history to serve in the executive, legislative, and judicial branches spoke about two heroines at Hillsdale College on Wednesday afternoon. Attorney General Bill Schuette, who is in the running to become the 49th governor of Michigan, told the story of two women whose courage and talent brought to justice convicted...
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Trafficking survivor speaks on S.O.A.P, hope
When Devaun Chandler was sold into human trafficking by her own mother to her brother-in-law, at the age of 13, she did not realize she was a slave. She had already been sexually violated prior to this point. On Thursday evening, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship brought Chandler, a survivor of human trafficking and vice president of...
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Pomp and circumstance at Hillsdale commencement
In this year’s commencement academic procession, you might catch a doppelgänger of Hillsdale College President Larry P. Arnn — but, it’ll be the two postdoctoral graduates of the Van Andel Graduate School of Statesmanship, wearing their new academic regalia styled after Arnn’s royal blue and black-velvet gown. “There had been favorable remarks of Dr. Arnn’s...
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The Dangers of Intellectual Fads
At a place like Hillsdale, there is a wealth of things to be learned. This prosperity, however, lends itself to the objectification of knowledge, which results in two dangers: an exclusionary possession of the knowledge that one has acquired and, in turn, an intellectual envy that leads to despair concerning that which one does not...