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Lest we forget: The 100th anniversary of the end of WW1
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Lest we forget: The 100th anniversary of the end of WW1

When the clock strikes 11 a.m. this November 11th, a century since the end of the First World War will have passed. But for much of the country, little notice will be paid. While historians have come to label the Korean War as the so-called “Forgotten War,” this title is perhaps better suited to the...

Pizza and Poetry: Somerville shares love of literature with local church
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Pizza and Poetry: Somerville shares love of literature with local church

At 7:05 p.m. on a Wednesday evening, a troupe of children come flying out of a back classroom into the sanctuary of Hillsdale Orthodox Presbyterian Church, newly released from catechism classes. John Somerville, professor of English, looks up from a stapled copy of Ernest Hemingway’s “Big Two-Hearted River,” and, over the babble, reminds his class...

President Trump is right to end birthright citizenship
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President Trump is right to end birthright citizenship

President Trump announced his intent to end birthright citizenship via executive order last week in an interview with Axios. Consequently, an outpouring of constitutional analysis from both the left and the right commenced: Is birthright citizenship required by the Fourteenth Amendment? Or is it the result of a misreading of the law? Many constitutional scholars,...

The importance of the U.S.’s nuclear strategy
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The importance of the U.S.’s nuclear strategy

It was only five months ago that the media was captivated by a historic meeting between the leader of North Korea Kim Jong-Un and President Donald Trump, with breathless promises of denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula. Only a few months later, North Korea has disappeared from the headlines. Now, many Americans probably have no idea...