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DeSantis should run in 2024
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DeSantis should run in 2024

DeSantis should run in 2024. Courtesy | Wikimedia Commons Legendary Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry once said that you must streak into the playoffs — postseason success is built on regular season momentum. Right now, there is no political figure riding a streak of wins like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Last year’s elections were a...

Alternative energy sources are not the solutions to blackouts
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Alternative energy sources are not the solutions to blackouts

Clean energy is not the solution. Courtesy | Flickr Over 700,000 Michigan residents lost power during the recent ice storm. As power companies scrambled to restore energy, Hillsdale College hurried to install backup generators across campus to ensure dorm residents had power. Weather-related blackouts illustrate the weakness of the energy grid and fuel cries for...

Bureaucracy is a booming business in Lansing
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Bureaucracy is a booming business in Lansing

Bureaucracy is a booming business in Lansing. Courtesy | Creative Commons It pays to be a bureaucrat.  Michigan’s $76 billion budget fuels special interests appointed to the state’s key economic development agency, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. The MEDC hands out millions of dollars in economic incentives annually, while also wielding considerable power scheduling the...

DeSantis should not run in 2024
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DeSantis should not run in 2024

DeSantis should not run in 2024. Courtesy | Flickr Despite the support that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has built for a Republican presidential campaign, he should not run in 2024 – he should run in 2028, when Donald Trump has exited the political world.  If DeSantis decides to run now, he only serves to split...

Hillsdale should take off Good Friday
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Hillsdale should take off Good Friday

Students should not go to class on Good Friday. Courtesy | PickPik Good Friday will begin like most Fridays at Hillsdale College. We’ll stumble into our morning classes, exhausted by a long week of academic work and looking forward to what we hope will be a relaxing weekend.  But that’s not how I grew up...