The Pisa Cardinalilio, by Allesandro Allori. COURTESY | Thomas Brown Thomas Brown solved a mystery of an old painting and a songbird after visiting an art museum in Portugal. The painting, which depicts a bright red cardinal held in Joseph of the Holy family’s hand in the 1602 painting, is by Alessandro Allori called...
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Rough Draft carries on Friday night jazz tradition
David Youngman (left) and Dave Turner (right) play jazz at Rough Draft. Megan Li | Collegian It was Friday night, but sophomore Ava Jolley couldn’t relax just yet — she had a paper to write. There were few places better to do it than Rough Draft. The coffee shop’s foyer on the evening of...
Hillsdale alumna exposes California fire mismanagement
Firetrucks and equipment in California. Courtesy | Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell Days after alumna Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell ’24 reported on the dismantling of volunteer fire-fighting units during her California fires coverage for the Daily Signal, the units’ social media sites disappeared. The Daily Signal published Mitchell’s story Jan. 16, and national media outlets featured her story....
Defund partisan public broadcasting
As conservatives strive to curtail operations at the U.S. Agency for International Development, they should stay on offense and defund other examples of government philanthropy gone wrong. Priority number one: public broadcasting. GOP congressman Greg Steube of Tennessee introduced legislation earlier this week to abolish USAID. With other prominent Republican lawmakers like representatives Chip Roy...
Hillsdale professors discuss tariffs
President Trump has launched tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China this past week. Courtesy | Wikimedia Commons President Donald Trump launched new tariffs on three major U.S. trading partners this month, wielding trade policy as leverage to combat the fentanyl crisis. Several Hillsdale economics professors weighed in on the potential impacts of these new tariffs....




