Category: Features

As one of the fan favorite statues along the Freedom Walk, Sir Winston S. Churchill is no stranger to Hillsdale College. Since 2012, the college has taken full ownership of the “Churchill Project,” a lifelong project of the official biographer of Churchill and former Hillsdale professor, Sir Martin Gilbert. “To sustain and deepen a proper...

“Swags of green boughs hang above the windows and interior doorways, while greens adorn the window sills. Milkweed pod stars hang in the windows. Two trees, one in the Paupers’ Parlor and one in the upstairs ladies’ bedroom, are hung with homemade ornaments.” JoAnne Miller of the Hillsdale County Historical Society described the warm scene...

Former Hillsdale Professor of Politics Aleksandras Shtromas lived under two of the greatest tyrannies in the history of mankind. The horrors of the Nazi regime and Soviet Union were matched only by his courage, intelligence, and perseverance. Shtromas brought this unmatched, firsthand experience to his students. “After everything he had been through, he used to...

Three days after America lost JFK to an assassination, Hillsdale College lost its first historian and many archives to a house fire. “We had just about come to the terrible truth that a president of the United States could be assassinated in our time,” the college’s 1964 President’s Report said. Soon after, a “ tragic...

A cheerful voice greeted me when I ducked out of the pouring rain into Key Opportunities Consignment and Vintage Center. The young woman gave me a crooked smile and returned to arranging tea cups on a shelf near the counter. It was just about closing time, and with a nod from her supervisor, she shuffled...