While sitting in front of the muted TV, which was turned to the news, I sat and read a section of Slavisa Tasic’s paper “Are Regulators Rational?” for my Behavioral Economics class. The title of the section my professor assigned is called “Illusions of competence.” It argues that regulators — and people in general —...
Each of the five renaissances in human history have been defined by characteristics of a return to old sources, the discovery of a new technology, the renewal of ancient languages, and the concept of a classic author. And some think we are headed toward a sixth, one scholar argued at a public lecture on campus....
In the front cover of his notebook, Jerry Wayne, “JW,” Newson has a few lines scribbled. They’re reminders he learned from the book he reads daily: “The Power of Positive Thinking” by Norman Vincent Peale. It begins, “I believe I am divinely guided. I believe I will always take the right turn in the road,”...
Four patients in Michigan have all tested negative for the 2019 Novel Coronavirus as of Feb. 3, according to Lynn Sutfin, public information director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. The patients, three from Washtenaw County and one from Macomb County, were tested because of their flu-like symptoms and their recent travel...
Local residents will have a say in the use of a vacant lot on 23 Broad St., thanks to a citywide survey that was sent to Hillsdale residents, including Hillsdale College faculty and students. The City of Hillsdale is a member of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation’s Redevelopment Ready Communities Program, which gives communities funding...