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‘Black Mirror’ changes the game
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‘Black Mirror’ changes the game

“You are just a puppet. You are not in control.” On Dec. 28, Netflix dropped a surprise episode in its ongoing series “Black Mirror.” Since its inception in 2011, the series has often been compared to the 1980s science fiction show “The Twilight Zone,” which is famous for traversing moral issues through suspense and psychological...

City Council and County Commissioners discuss public safety proposals
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City Council and County Commissioners discuss public safety proposals

Both Hillsdale City Council and Hillsdale County Commissioners are looking ahead to the next decade to budget well for public safety departments’ needs. The City of Hillsdale Public Safety Commission presented a proposal of budget needs at Monday’s city council meeting, announcing the City’s fire and police departments throughout the next ten year, with budget...

The Roman Way: Be exceptional by cherishing exceptionality
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The Roman Way: Be exceptional by cherishing exceptionality

Our most profound learning experiences combine the thrill of novelty with the sense of familiarity, of going home. They bring us by a new path back to something we already knew at some level. They deepen and light up the mineshafts of the soul. Now, it is strange to speak of a book on Western...

Q&A: Arthur Laffer
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Q&A: Arthur Laffer

Art Laffer is a prominent supply-side economist who served as a member of former President Ronald Reagan’s economic advisory board and as an adviser for President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign. He is well-known for developing a theory about the relationship between tax rates and tax revenues, now referred to as the “Laffer Curve.” Laffer is...