John Mayer begins his next tour, The Search for Everything, on March 31. To build the hype, the singer-songwriter has been releasing EP tracks four at a time until he will finally release his 14-track album this spring. It’s not really cool to like John Mayer, but we shamefaced fans are dying of excitement. Quietly,...
‘Logan’ Breathes New Life into a Dying Genre
“Logan” proved to me that the superhero genre was not a lost cause. In the same way that “The Dark Knight” was able to blend philosophy with entertainment, this film seamlessly mixed its roots with the classic Western. This last thread of Logan’s story in the X-Men universe is a satisfying valediction to both the...
Gray Havens and Hillsdalians perform at Elks Lodge tonight
The men of Phi Mu Alpha are hosting a concert with The Gray Havens at 7:30 p.m. tonight, March 30, at the Elks Lodge in downtown Hillsdale. The Gray Havens are a husband-wife band with more than 40,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, and their concert will be the Havens’ second appearance at Hillsdale according to...
Hillsdale Professor cited in best-selling empty book
Few authors can claim the distinct honor of having sold more copies than there are words in their book, but after publishing the 1,235 words and the 300 mostly-blank pages of “Reasons to Vote for Democrats: A Comprehensive Guide,” Michael J. Knowles is one of them. With well over 80 thousand copies sold since it...
‘A Life in Code’ highlights first female cryptanalyst’s accomplishments after Hillsdale
AmazonWhen Elizebeth Smith Friedman was solving hidden messages from a subpoenaed trunk in Houston, Texas, she didn’t expect to find evidence that would help save the United States face in the international community — and more than $300,000 related to a case that happened off the coast of Louisiana. But the 1915 Hillsdale College alumna...




