For opposing opinion, click here. What seems to be a simple blend of spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and cloves reveals something profound about American culture and our history. In 1796, Amelia Simmons published “American Cookery,” one of the earliest cookbooks that can truly be categorized as authentically and uniquely American. Published only 20...
What is the Victory Project? This is the question the newly released psychological thriller “Don’t Worry Darling,” ambitiously poses but fails to answer—at least not coherently. By all accounts, the film was set to be a blockbuster. The lead actors, Harry Styles and Florence Pugh, are young, attractive, and immensely popular. It was also Olivia...
Teachers should give students the tools to engage with their boredom and cultivate a capacity for leisure, Kevin Gary, Valparaiso University professor of education, said in a lecture on Oct. 19. Hillsdale’s Education Department and Graduate School of Classical Education hosted Gary’s lecture, “The Moral Eclipse of Boredom.” Gary is the author of “Why Boredom...
As I stood in front of Elizebeth Smith Friedman’s former house in Washington, D.C., I was overwhelmed with gratitude and awe for this American hero. Friedman is a 1915 Hillsdale alumna who was a codebreaker in both world wars. Despite her tremendous impact on America, few people know about her greatness. But that’s about to...
When Harriet Tubman was introduced as a possible replacement for Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill in 2016, Princeton professor of jurisprudence Robert P. George joked about the justice in “a racist populist” favored by Democrats being replaced by “a black, gun-toting, evangelical Christian, Republican woman.” Though her face has yet to displace Jackson’s, Tubman...