The federal bench is not a career path one can choose, according to two judges on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Stuart Kyle Duncan and Don Willett joined the Hillsdale College chapter of The Federalist Society Feb. 20 for a panel titled, “Lives in the Law: Becoming — and Being — a Federal Judge.”...
Year: 2026
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Quick Hits with Joseph Postell
Postell with his wife Allison and sons Luke, age 11 and Ben, age 6. Courtesy | Joseph Postell In this Quick Hits, Associate Professor of Politics Joseph Postell talks little league baseball, strange foods, and board games. If you owned a five-star restaurant, what kind of cuisine would you serve? Korean. I cook some Korean...
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City councilman aims to repeal blue laws
Councilman Robert Socha. Courtesy | City of Hillsdale Ward 4 Councilman Robert Socha is once again leading a ballot petition to overturn a 46-year-old Hillsdale County law prohibiting serving alcoholic spirits on Sundays. “Out of 83 counties in the state of Michigan, we are the only one where restaurants and bars can’t serve liquor on...
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Professor’s Picks: Christopher Robertson, Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology
Book: “Lincoln in the Bardo” by George Saunders (2017) Saunders drops readers into the hallucinatory, heartbreaking, and creepily beautiful “bardo” occupied by Willie Lincoln, the recently deceased 11-year-old son of a grief-stricken president. Bardo is the Tibetan Buddhist concept of an interstitial space where souls in limbo wait for whatever comes next. It’s an emotionally...
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Campus Character: Siobhan Weed
Weed’s favorite spot on campus is the chemistry floor in Strosacker. Courtesy | Siobhan Weed Siobhan Weed is a junior history major from Michigan. She works at the Contact Center and is a member of the Student Federation. What’s your unofficial “title” on campus? Probably something along the lines of “that girl who has no...