Donald Trump won the Republican primary in New Hampshire this week and the Republican caucuses in Iowa last week — and soon he will clinch the Republican presidential nomination because he appeals to the part of America most people want to overlook. His demographic consists of the Middle Americans. They’re an easy group to ignore. ...
Year: 2024
Gun control shouldn’t be weaponized against pro-lifers
It’s been 51 years since the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, but the issue of abortion remains at the forefront of our moral, scientific, and political discussions. One of the most nuanced and difficult arguments from the pro-choice community is that of whether pro-lifers care for life post-birth and how they practically do so. A...
Teachers and students agree: don’t talk in class
There’s a reason you don’t see class clowns as stock characters in college movies: They’re too high school. But in three of my classes this week, students have tried repeatedly to talk — at conversational volume — over lecturing professors. Maybe I’m in more core classes than usual — or maybe freshmen and sophomores are...
QUICK HITS: Lee Cole
In this Quick Hits, Associate Professor of Philosophy Lee Cole talks Earl Grey cocktails, Joni Mitchell, and his ban from board games. Do you like breakfast, lunch, or dinner best? If I may shift the paradigm here: brunch. You’ve worked up an appetite but aren’t exhausted from the day. It’s a meal at which...
Teaching a different kind of beauty
Another college in Hillsdale focuses on the beautiful, but of a different kind: the Hillsdale Beauty College. The school, located in downtown Hillsdale, enrolls between 25 to 30 students at a time, who study cosmetology, nail care, and entrepreneurship. “Cosmetology is an industry that is not going to go away. It is constantly evolving,” co-owner...




