2016 has been a rough year. So bad, in fact, that the idea of blowing up the government and starting over will resonate with quite a few spectators of American politics. “Drain the swamp” or “burn it all to the ground” seem like good catchphrases to many, many voters. The first few minutes of...
The history of beer is full, frothy, and flavorful, and next semester, Hillsdale College students will get the chance to learn about it, with beer chemistry and home-brewing lessons mixed in. Associate Professor of Chemistry Christopher Hamilton is teaching a spring course on beer: the history, the chemistry, and brewing process. The class is open...
Nicholson Baker’s mind captures the “fine suddenness” of every moment. His work fixates on the minutiae of the everyday experience while largely ignoring the notion of a plot. His dense, accurate prose tightens the reader’s grip on reality. Two of his more recent projects, however, develop a compelling and sophisticated narrative. His two most recent...
Sophomores Isabelle Parell and Dominic Whalen stepped onto campus this semester armed with knives and aprons, hungry to start the first Hillsdale club revolving around food — the Culinary Arts Club. Parell and Whalen are now the president and vice president of the Culinary Arts Club, which they formed in order to provide culinary education...
American evangelical Christians had their own sexual revolution in the 1970s, Daniel Silliman claimed at a lecture Monday. Silliman ’06 spoke on “Selling Sex at the Christian Bookstore: How Market Forces Shaped the Secular Fantasy of American Evangelicals.” Currently a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Notre Dame, Silliman claims that though it may seem...