I do not believe it is possible to overstate the amount of time I have spent in the noon lunch line. Just yesterday, I was in line long enough to watch an entire Hillsdale romance run its course. The pair met by the library and were engaged by the time they got downstairs. I hear...
Category: Opinions
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Biden’s student loan forgiveness preserves the American dream
President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan has been controversial since before it was officially announced. In 2020, Biden ran on a platform promising significantly more than the $10,000 of forgiveness that was announced on Aug. 24, initially promising to forgive all student loan debt for those students whose income was under $125,000 per year....
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Elon Musk is not a hero
A new toxic trend in politics is deifying any and all celebrities who annoy people in the opposite political party. But as much as Elon Musk is the enemy of the right wing’s enemy, he’s no friend to conservatives. Musk became the latest beneficiary of this weird calculus earlier this year when he offered to...
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Taiwan shows the US how “Getting China Wrong” matters
U.S. foreign policy experts have failed for decades to recognize China’s ambitions to move beyond its status as only a regional power. The latest mobilization of large-scale Chinese military drills in the Taiwan Strait in early August was a resounding signal of Beijing’s intent to reassert control over its sphere of influence. Since President Nixon’s...
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Women’s bodies are not commodities
Children should not be separated from their mother, and yet this is at the core of the surrogacy industry. Birth is not when the bond between a mother and baby begins. It is a continuation of a bond that began at the baby’s conception. By the time the baby is born, he recognizes his...