Courtesy | Unsplash The dueling halftime shows of Super Bowl LX were the most boomer thing I have seen in entertainment since the 45th-anniversary reunion of “The Waltons” cast. In defiance of Puerto Rican pop star Bad Bunny’s all-Spanish halftime show, Turning Point USA streamed its own pre-recorded “All-American Halftime Show,” featuring middle-aged country singers, cheap...
Author: Moira Gleason (Moira Gleason)
Campus reacts to ‘nihilist penguin’ social media ad
The Hillsdale marketing team posted a parody of the viral “nihilist penguin” clip, generated in part by artificial intelligence, on the college social media accounts Jan. 25. The post drew some criticism in the comment section from current and former students for adopting an internet trend and using generative AI, but the marketing team says...
Temporary exhibit urges Holocaust remembrance
When patrons enter Mossey Library this week, they encounter a series of panels telling the story of the 6 million Jews murdered during the Holocaust. In commemoration of the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp on Jan. 27, 1945, the exhibit highlights the years of reconstruction in which the Jewish people...
Culture Shock: Netflix ruins climbing
Courtesy | Unsplash Netflix may have just introduced a new genre, and I’m not a fan. Alex Honnold, the professional climber best known for the 2017 documentary “Free Solo,” climbed the tallest building in Taiwan, Taipei 101, without ropes Saturday. More than six million people tuned in to watch the climb live on Netflix. The...
What I saw in Israel
Courtesy | Moira Gleason There were bullet holes in the ceiling and walls. When I stood in the house where Sivan Elkabets and Naor Hasidim were murdered by Hamas along with 60 other unarmed Israeli residents in Kibbutz Kfar Aza on Oct. 7, 2023, I had no words. The house had been cleaned up, but...


