Abraham Lincoln was always telling stories. When a Virginian once suggested that he appease the South during the Civil War by giving up Fort Sumter, Fort Pickens, and all government property in the southern states, the President responded with the fable of “The Woodman’s Daughter.” “A lion was very much in love with a woodman’s...
In a campus lecture on Saturday, U.S. Circuit Judge Amy Barrett explained the evolution of the U.S. Supreme Court from a relatively ineffective institution to a more powerful and co-equal body of government. “A few years ago, I taught a seminar in modern constitutional theory, and I had several students who were from other countries...
Adolf Hitler’s rise to power in 1933 bewitched the German Evangelical Church. They covered their altars with swastika flags and sang Nazi songs in their services. Their new doctrine, in the words of Pastor Julius Leutheuser, was “Christ has come to us through Adolf Hitler.” There were a few who resisted the development. Of the...
The Hillsdale College Action Shooting Sports Team, created last semester, went to its first national competition in Talladega, Alabama this past weekend. “We did amazing in the sense that we started this in like September and then went to the national collegiate level to go participate,” freshman team member Elias McConnell said. The Scholastic Action...
For the first time in over a decade, the so-called Korean unification flag has made an official appearance at the 2018 Winter Olympics. “For quite some time now, South Korea has been very conciliatory and really wanting to overcome past divisions,” Associate Professor of Politics John Grant said. “The Korean people have a very strong...