Mark Rothko, one of the greatest contemporary American painters, created NO. 61 Rust and Blue, one of the best encapsulations of the purpose of modern art. His son wrote that this piece “was not made to communicate who [Rothko] is, but who we all are.” While contemporary art is deeply individualistic and abstract, it shows...
Division of power essential for curtailing executive overreach
Amid the chaos of the national COVID-19 pandemic, protests in three states, and the dawning realization that all our final projects for school are due in the next few weeks, it would be easy to miss one police announcement sent out from a few Michigan counties. To overlook that press release, however, would be to...
Leftist activists use corporations to influence society
When left-leaning activists fail to get legislatures to do their bidding, they often turn to the courts. But recently they have identified new agents for change: corporations. Corporations are huge and have massive influence over society. Millions of Americans are affected just by the employee policies they adopt, not to mention the politicians they endorse,...
Keeping fit in Quarantine, Kam Matthews starts a new project
When Kam Matthews found out the NCAA ended the spring athletic season because of the coronavirus, she couldn’t believe that playing competitively was really over. This was her last of four years on the Hillsdale College women’s tennis team, and one that was off to a dominant start that earned her the G-MAC Player of...
Hillsdale holds spring convocation online, Stewart receives Daugherty Award
While campus remains closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the springtime tradition of convocation at Hillsdale College continued, albeit in a near-empty Christ Chapel and streamed live online. During the livestream, held at 11 a.m. on April 23, College President Larry Arnn addressed the current state of the college in this unprecedented time. Arnn noted...