The world of the Roman Empire was made possible by the military exploits of Alexander the Great and the citizen armies of the Roman Republic. Out of Alexander’s military campaigns emerged Hellenistic culture which was then married to the Roman world as that small, Italian city-state became master of the Mediterranean. It was not lost...
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SCOTUS picks should be about more than race
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Stephen Breyer will step down this year to make room for another liberal appointee. Breyer’s retirement served an ulterior motive, and so did President Joe Biden’s choice of replacement. In a Jan. 27 tweet, Biden announced that his pick –Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson– would be...
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Invest in a local church in college
Although there are more than 70 churches in Hillsdale County, not every student feels at home in a local congregation. Many students go “church shopping” and visit a new church every week until they find their home. During my freshman year, I tried 10 different churches in the area, but after each Sunday, I was...
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Where are our girls going?
In China, from 2010 – 2012 there were approximately 119 men born for every 100 women. From 2013 – 2015 that sex ratio was 117 to 100. At a mere glance, these are just numbers, but what do these statistics actually reveal? What significance does the average birth of nineteen more males than females annually...
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Starbucks should not come to Hillsdale
Starbucks does not have good coffee, unless you prefer lattes with burnt espresso and foamy milk. But in my ignorant youth, I loved Starbucks. Now that I’m at Hillsdale, I have realized the error of my ways and embraced the plethora of local coffee shops instead. We should not bring a Starbucks to Hillsdale. The...