Collin Barnes (left) on South Oval of University of Oklahoma’s Norman campus a day or two before his first date with his wife, Meghan (right). SONG: “The Vampyre of Time and Memory” by Queens of the Stone Age (2013) Josh Homme wrote this song after a routine knee surgery that very nearly killed him...
Author: Caroline Kurt (Caroline Kurt)
After Eden: Embrace grief
Our four years at Hillsdale teach us transcendental truths, but something’s missing if we graduate without having learned to love our friends in their suffering. Clare Ansberry wrote that, as a nation, “we aren’t very good at dealing with grief. In fact, we might be getting worse at it.” In the Feb. 16 article for...
Money talks: Econ brings real life to classroom
Economics and finance professors talk about how they use class time to teach real-world skills. Courtesy | Pexels. When Robert Atra wanted to give his students real-world experience, he turned over half of his 401(k) to the investment club. “They actually have well over $100,000 from just my 401(k) to manage,” said Atra, the chairman...
After Eden: Single-sex wins
Female athletes, religious Americans, and culture warriors are celebrating President Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 executive order “Defending women from gender ideology extremism and restoring biological truth to the federal government.” “Ideologues who deny the biological reality of sex have increasingly used legal and other socially coercive means to self-identify as women and gain access to...
After Eden: Against tradwives
Don’t let a meme be your measure of virtue. The tradwife meme dominated 2024: Nara Smith dazzled with cooking videos, Estee Williams preached to her followers about Biblical submission, and Hannah Neeleman of Ballerina Farms starred in a viral Times article. Although viral “trad wives” like Nara Smith have explicitly rejected the label, many conservatives...


