As critics rightly scathed North Korea for masking human-rights atrocities with a red-clad female cheer squad during the Pyeongchang Olympics last month, another high-profile human-rights abuser at the games escaped such negative attention — as it usually does. China’s human-rights offenses and tepid friendliness with North Korea are widely reported. Yet the country — a...
While teaching “Hamlet” to college students in the Washington-Hillsdale Internship Program, Lecturer of English Matthew Mehan is writing the book he wishes Hamlet had read as a kid. Titled “Mr. Mehan’s Mildly Amusing Mythical Mammals” (or “M5” for short), the book features 26 colorfully-illustrated monsters with their own poems, one for each letter of the...
WASHINGTON — Lucas Morel is a professor of politics and head of the politics department at Washington and Lee University. His scholarship focuses on Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Ralph Ellison. He is the author of “Ralph Ellison and the Raft of Hope: A Political Companion to the Invisible Man” (2004) and “Religion’s Sacred Effort:...
WASHINGTON — Unsure of his exact birth date in 1818, Frederick Douglass chose to celebrate on Feb. 14. So on Tuesday, the eve of his 200th birthday, a gathering at Hillsdale’s Allan P. Kirby Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship honored him in style — with a public lecture, a reception, and a brand-new painting....
Shoppers who spent a little too much on Black Friday and Cyber Monday had the chance to opt for a feel-good fix on Giving Tuesday this week. Dubbed #GivingTuesday, the annual social media movement claims to “kick off the charitable season” by encouraging people to donate to charities around the world on the Tuesday after...