Anyone driving up M-99 from Jonesville has likely seen the faded Mail Pouch Tobacco advertisement painted on the side of a dilapidated barn. The sign reads “Chew Mail Pouch Tobacco. Treat yourself to the best.” Such barns sit on roadsides all over the East Coast, South, and upper Midwest. There are 84 in Michigan and...
For Hillsdale resident Joseph Hendee, the devil is in the details. According to Hendee, the city of Hillsdale is violating Michigan’s Open Meeting Act by not listing phone numbers and an address on public notices for city council meetings, invalidating decisions made within the past 60 days. He expressed these concerns during the...
Despite debate, the Hillsdale City Council passed a resolution to renew funding for Domestic Harmony in the 2017 fiscal year at a March 20 meeting. Domestic Harmony is a domestic violence victim provider, and offers free shelter and assistance to men, women, and children who have suffered domestic abuse in the City of...
Before “The Benedict Option,” there was just Rod Dreher and his new book’s eponymous idea. But come March 14, the American Conservative blogger promises a full explanation of the murky term with “a strategy for Christians in a post-Christian nation.” Although Dreher delivers, his strategy tempts his audience to believe Christians can only survive modernity’s...
A postgraduate student equipped with honors and diplomas once went to the Swiss biologist Louis Agassiz to receive the finishing touches on his degree. The great man offered him a small fish and told him to describe it. Postgraduate Student: “That’s only a sunfish.” Agassiz: “I know that. Write a description of it.” After a...