Dear baristas, shop clerks, store greeters, and all other retail workers: please say “merry Christmas.” Workers have become hypersensitive to religious holidays, and in an effort to avoid offending someone, they have forgotten how to have a human conversation. It’s more meaningful to conclude with a personal pleasantry — which for most people in the...
I’m sure a familiar shudder ran through the bones of the student body upon receiving the most recent email from Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn: flashbacks to a panicked spring break, to choppy Zoom lectures from your bedroom at home, to isolation, over-snacking, and bad Wi-Fi. These are not the worst of evils, we are...
Jodel aims to be the social media platform “that tamed the trolls.” At Hillsdale College, however, Jodel is a toxic cesspool that poisons the student body. Students should quit the mischief and delete the app. Here is how the German-based platform works: log on, and the location of the user determines what posts the user...
I thought he was perfect: funny, smart, Catholic. But then I asked the question — you know the one. “What’s your enneagram number?” “Four,” he replied. We broke up the next day. Enneagram compatibility should be on people’s list of deal-breakers; people love being known and understood, especially in romantic relationships. That’s why you should...
With papers piling up, friends disappearing into quarantine, and the future of the nation still unclear, there are many things to feel stressed and even angry about. There is a temptation to express our frustration on social media or complain constantly to our friends. But two words must be remembered even during times of struggle:...