Americans are materially far better off than they were a century ago. A vast social safety net enables even those at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder to have their basic needs met. And yet, despite ample government spending on various welfare programs—at taxpayer expense—many Americans fail to reach their full potential. In “Who Killed...
Hillsdale Senior Apartments: Wallick Communities waiting on state grant
Wallick Communities, a full-service real estate, general contractor, and property management company out of Ohio, will begin construction on Hillsdale Senior Apartments in the Fall of 2020 if it is granted funding by Michigan State Housing Development Authority. MSHDA sells tax-exempt notes and bonds and then loans the proceeds to private developers who use the...
Chargers set 10 personal records prior to G-MACs
The Hillsdale College Chargers put together an impressive pair of races to earn 10 new personal best times at their recent meets on Oct. 4. Two groups split up to run at the University of Notre Dame’s Joe Paine Invitational and the Lansing Community College Invitational, where they finished 13th and 5th as a team,...
US shouldn’t cut ties with Saudi Arabia
Surrounding its one-year anniversary, the Jamal Khashoggi murder scandal has been resurrected, haunting Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (MBS) again. Though he has continually denied any direct connection to the murder, he is having a hard time putting Khashoggi’s ghost away. But the United States should not be too quick...
Jonesville updates its 40-year-old water facility with new system
By next spring, the City of Jonesville plans to have more advanced technology and equipment for filtering water and reading water meters. Jonesville’s water plant, built in the early 1970s, was in need of repairs, according to Rick Mahoney, water and wastewater superintendent for Jonesville. A water system improvement fact sheet, put out by the...




