The senior class should invite Jordan Peterson to deliver the college’s commencement address in May. For a school that studies the classic tradition while fighting for freedom in modern politics, Peterson is an excellent fit. A public intellectual and clinical psychologist, he speaks on eternal truths and classic texts, and applies their lessons to today’s...
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Sacrifice your summer, spend it at camp
If you returned to Hillsdale ecstatic, I’m with you. But if you came back wishing you did more with your three months of summer vacation, here’s my advice: Spend your next summer at camp. Every May for the past three years, I’ve packed the trunk of my car to the brim and made the trek...
Students can fight the war on woke-ism
Three weeks ago, a two-star general tried to cancel me on Twitter. It went badly—for him. America’s military establishment has long enjoyed immunity from serious public criticism. Americans lost trillions of dollars and thousands of lives in the sinkholes of Afghanistan and Iraq while their generals made off like bandits securing book deals, fellowships, and...
Professors react: Afghanistan
After 20 years of military occupation in Afghanistan, American troops have been fully withdrawn from the region. The Biden administration’s ongoing evacuation was completed Aug. 30, as the last C-17 Globemaster departed the Kabul airport at 11:59 p.m. local time, leaving Afghanistan under Taliban rule. Over the span of the two-decade occupation of Afghanistan, many...
Rep. Fink holds townhall event at Hillsdale Brewing
Rep. Andrew Fink spoke about vaccine mandates, power outages, and other topics at a town hall event on Aug. 25 at Hillsdale Brewing Company. Fink took questions from a crowd of around fifteen constituents on a variety of topics, ranging from local to national issues. A non-profit group, Americans for Prosperity, sponsored the event. The...




