Knecht paints in the “American Paintings” course trailer. Courtesy | Hillsdale College online courses website The first episode of Hillsdale’s latest online course, which examines America’s history through its artistic past, will premiere Thursday, Sept. 4 at 7 p.m. in Plaster Auditorium. The course, titled “American Paintings,” explores the American story through portraits of leaders,...
Courtesy | Unsplash The liberal consensus in America for decades has held that religious belief can and ought to be separated from political action. National and political identity have largely been seen as taking precedence over religious affiliation within the public square, to the degree that there is a conflict between the two. Such an...
Sabrina Carpenter’s newly released album “Man’s Best Friend” poses a pertinent question: Where have all the real men gone? A synth-pop ode to the state of modern dating, the album dropped on Aug. 29. Carpenter received backlash prior to the album’s release due to its risqué cover, which depicts her kneeling in front of a...
The politics department relaunched its politics honorary, Pi Sigma Alpha, at a Sept. 1 talk by an assistant professor from the Washington D.C. campus. David Azerrad, assistant professor and research fellow at the Van Andel Graduate School of Statesmanship, asked in his speech if the liberalism proposed by English philosopher John Locke inevitably led to...
Courtesy | Unsplash Two children were shot and killed last week at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, both students of Annunciation Catholic School, a pre-K–8 school about 20 minutes from my home. Within hours, the nation learned the killer was a biological male who identified as a woman. Standing outside the church mere hours later,...