Joe Rago is a member of The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board. In college, he was editor-in-chief of the Dartmouth Review, and through his time there received an internship, and eventually a job, at WSJ in 2005. Rago won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Writing for his work on the Affordable Care Act. Winning...
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Chargers sending 15 to nationals
After a third place finish from the women and fifth from the men at the GLIAC indoor championships last weekend, the Hillsdale College track and field team is sending 15 athletes to the NCAA Division II national championships in Birmingham, Alabama on March 13 and 14, co-hosted by the Birmingham CrossPlex and the University of...
Professors present various views on justification
The fruits of a fall semester seminar on justification were on display last Friday at a panel event hosted by the Lyceum, a student organization funded by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. At the panel, Professor of Religion and Humanities Tom Burke, Assistant Professor of Religion Don Westblade, and Assistant Professor of History Matthew Gaetano gave...
Bubble soccer: hard-hitting fun
Think bumper cars, but with bubbles instead of cars. Hillsdale College students participated in a young sport called bubble soccer on Saturday, but most players were not focused on the soccer part of the game. “Very few people are out there to actually play soccer,” sophomore Don McChesney said. “The majority of us are just...
Polyglotism and praxeology: Gage translates von Mises
In many circles on campus, Ludwig von Mises remains one of the most well-respected economists and philosophers. His ideas have influenced many of the faculty and students, including Will Gage, a junior studying Spanish and German, who is now translating a previously untranslated excerpt of one of Mises’ books. Gage learned that one of Mises’...