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Letter to the Editor: Don’t just fit life into the cracks of your calendar
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Letter to the Editor: Don’t just fit life into the cracks of your calendar

Courtesy | Unsplash In his Sept. 3 opinion “Embrace Hillsdale’s busyness. Life will only get busier,” senior Bradley Haley claims that busyness is an inevitable state of life and should be approached as an opportunity to grow in virtue. We already embrace busyness on Hillsdale’s campus, but we shouldn’t celebrate it. A healthier message for...

Claiming ‘Lake America’ is a win for patriotism
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Claiming ‘Lake America’ is a win for patriotism

Courtesy | Unsplash President Donald Trump isn’t just placing tariffs on Canada — he has also decided to take away one of its Great Lakes by changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America.  The master of international trolling is back at it again, doing what he does best, but this time, he’s insulted...

Buc-ee’s knows what’s good for business
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Buc-ee’s knows what’s good for business

Courtesy | Unsplash Buc-ee’s says what other companies won’t: Conservative states are better for business.  The massive travel center chain’s founder and CEO Arch “Beaver” Aplin III made headlines Aug. 17 by saying that his company will primarily build new locations in conservative states.  “We’re growing — we’re building in a lot of places,” Aplin...

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Embrace Hillsdale’s busyness. Life will only get busier.

Courtesy | Unsplash When I ask my Hillsdale friends how they’re doing, I almost always get the same answer: they’re busy.   Lamentations about overcommitment are a common occurrence bordering on liturgical rite at a Saga meal. I’ll be the first to admit I have opened many conversations that way myself, but it struck me recently...