Nicholas Wapshott is a British author, journalist, and content consultant, specializing in politics and economics. He has written several biographies, including “Keynes Hayek: The Clash that Defined Modern Economics” in 2011 and “Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher: A Political Marriage” in 2007. A graduate of the University of York, he has journalistic and editorial...
Quick-witted, capable, and strongly opinionated, Burt Cox does not act like he is turning 100 on Nov. 19. Most could not live alone at his age, but Cox does, on the oldest farm in Hillsdale County, Cox Farm, which his ancestors purchased in 1834. “I don’t really feel like I’m an old person,” said Cox,...
Starting with 15 cents worth of puppy chow, junior Beau Jarrett traded his way to a steak dinner at a professor’s house and two rounds of biscuits and gravy from his housemate. At one point in the process, he had a minifridge (but he preferred the food). The project was his first homework assignment in...
Edward Snowden is an “unprincipled traitor,” retired Col. Peter Mansoor maintained in a debate last week. Across the stage, Rodd Monts argued the opposite: Snowden is a hero. “Snowden chose to take a very courageous step to address what he saw as a grave constitutional matter, a mass surveillance on U.S. citizens,” said Monts, field...
Professor of Accounting Michael Sweeney accepted the Teaching Excellence Award from the Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants at a banquet on Oct. 5. The association notified Sweeney about the award in the spring, after Lecturer in Accounting Louis Petro nominated him for the honor. “The MICPA Accounting Teaching Excellence Award recognizes educators who excel...