The title “Opera Workshop” did not entirely fit the theme of this year’s music department performance; hence, the birth of “Opera Meets Broadway.” For the first time since its inception, Opera Workshop features just as many, if not more, musical theater pieces as opera. Student directors have chosen songs from the musicals “Wicked,” “Chess,” “Les...
The damn loser men in our lives can’t seem to find a job, but there are too few female executives at Google. This is just one of the many inconsistencies that fill Hanna Rosin’s maddeningly anecdotal new book “The End of Men and the Rise of Women.” The well-written, interesting exploration of the changes in...
Brad Birzer Professor of History “From my standpoint, Abraham Lincoln serves as one of the three best presidents in our history. He stands with Washington in the 18th century (beyond compare) and Reagan in the 20th. Always anti-slavery, Lincoln found great inspiration in the Northwest Ordinance and the Declaration of Independence, leading him back into...
Scrolled across the wallpaper in Hillsdale’s library are the words: “Because ideas have consequences.” The definition of these ideas is paramount to the conservative mind. Just as Lincoln sought to define the essence of the Union, so the conservative argues from definition. In a Civil War fought over the meaning of American freedom, Lincoln believed...
As a child, Valentine’s Day is about candy, maybe a sugar high or two, and that cute boy in the front row. I remember an old childish desire to bring the best Valentine treats to class. Today, the pressures of fitting into that perfect red dress for the big date have brought a new meaning...