Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg The conservative commentariat flew into a rage when Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg announced she would not attend President Trump’s first annual State of the Union address. Perhaps conservatives should be more sympathetic to Ginsburg’s decision — perhaps the president should follow her lead and refuse to show up to...
On January 24, 1965, Winston Churchill died. The next day, Leo Strauss, a Jewish scholar of political philosophy who fled the rise of the Nazi regime, spontaneously eulogized the late British prime minister to his students at the University of Chicago. The difference between Churchill’s statesmanship and Adolf Hitler’s tyranny, according to Strauss, had become...
During the Senate debate over Hillsdale College’s tax status last Friday night, New Republic senior editor Jeet Heer ungrammatically tweeted: “Impossible to overstate how beloved Hillsdale is in USA right. It’s their ideal college & constantly has right-wing luminaries as guests.” Heer is correct that Hillsdale College is openly conservative. But he and many of...
The Hillsdale College volleyball team lost for the first time since September in a season-ending loss to the University of Findlay during NCAA regional quarterfinals last week. The Chargers finished their season with a 28-4 overall record, and the Oilers went on to a 3-0 loss to Rockhurst University in the next round of the...
Hillsdale College students will have the opportunity to attend an early screening of the new film “Darkest Hour,” starring Gary Oldman and directed by Joe Wright on Dec. 15. In the film, Oldman plays Winston Churchill. It follows his early days as prime minister, including the fall of France and Churchill’s decision to continue the...