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Don’t listen to Christmas music before Thanksgiving
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Don’t listen to Christmas music before Thanksgiving

In the Nov. 10 issue of the Collegian, Meghan Schultz argued that we should listen to Christmas music before Thanksgiving. Alfred’s advice to Bruce Wayne in “The Dark Knight” has never had better support: “some men just want to watch the world burn.” Listening to Christmas music before Thanksgiving debases the currency of the Christmas...

Protect the vulnerable: Ban pit bulls
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Protect the vulnerable: Ban pit bulls

Imagine coming home one day to learn that your 2-year-old daughter and 5-month-old son are dead, and their mother is in the hospital in critical condition. For Colby Bennard, this nightmare became reality on Oct. 6, 2022, when the family’s pet pit bulls attacked and killed his children and mauled their mother, according to DogsBite.org....

Owners must be responsible for pit bulls
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Owners must be responsible for pit bulls

During the recent Meet the Candidates Forum at Hillsdale College, former city council candidate Cindy Merritt voiced her approval for a city-wide ban on pit bulls. “I don’t like pit bulls,” Merritt said. “They’re bred to fight. They’re bred to kill.”  She later reiterated her support for the ban.  “I would not have a problem...

The US must prepare for the North Korean threat
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The US must prepare for the North Korean threat

More than 80 North Korean ballistic missiles and 100 artillery rounds crashed into the seas surrounding South Korea and Japan last week.  North Korea is showing off its increased strategic and tactical options—and illustrating the danger it poses to the free world. Not only is the rogue state getting closer to delivering nuclear payloads, but...

Hillsdale is a leader in promoting campus free speech
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Hillsdale is a leader in promoting campus free speech

Students at Hillsdale College enjoy the country’s best campus environment for free speech, according to a recent report which surveyed 45,000 students from 208 schools. Hillsdale College outperformed the entire field by a margin so wide that it borders on the comical, but was removed from the published results for having an overly restrictive speech...