“Unless the people, through unified action, arise and take charge of their government, they will find that their government has taken charge of them.” John Calvin Coolidge, the 30th president of the United States, was a man who supported the idea of self-government in a time of growing government intervention. At Hillsdale, where “through education...
John Bowman, with his worn Michigan International Speedway cap, sat proudly next to his home-bred Jersey dairy cows. “If you come back on Thursday, you can get your picture with a prize winner,” he said confidently, leaning back in his folding chair. For Bowman’s family, coming back to the Hillsdale County Fair this week is...
On a campus that prides itself on defending liberty, Daily Wire host Michael J. Knowles offered an unpopular take on free speech at a lecture on Tuesday. “Free speech has gone mad,” he said. “Our speech has been made too free.” Before a crowded group of campus guests and students in Plaster Auditorium, Knowles explained...
The first Center for Constructive Alternatives lecture series of the fall 2021 semester examined contentious presidential elections, with each speech illuminating the controversies of the 2020 election, according to CCA attendees. “No one can say with certainty that there was no fraud in 2020,” said Andrew Busch, crown professor of government and George R. Roberts...
“I want to teach at a liberal arts college before I die,” Peters said. “I have always wanted to teach in a great books program.” Peters began teaching at the college in the fall 2021 semester after being hired in the spring.. Peters became a professor in 1994 and was a professor of English at...