Courtesy | Unsplash The war in Iran has no clear end goal. Last week, Professors of History Bradley Birzer and Paul Rahe debated the legality of the current war in Iran (“It’s an illegal war,” “There’s nothing illegal here,” March 5). While the legal question is important, the more pressing issue, as Rahe pointed out,...
Courtesy | Unsplash Professor of History Brad Birzer has done a service by bringing up the issue of the constitutionality of the recent U.S. strikes in Iran. I do not think, however, that his reading of the Constitution is correct. The Constitutional Convention, after much debate, opted for a unitary executive. As Alexander Hamilton later...
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer delivered her State of the State address on Feb. 25. Courtesy | Office of the Governor, State of Michigan. One thing stood out in Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s final State of the State address Feb. 25: The Democrat drew several standing ovations from Republican legislators. As Whitmer celebrated her recent work to make pre-K...
Last spring, 110 Hillsdale men — 15% of undergraduate men — joined an Ethos group. This semester, that number has grown to almost 25%. Courtesy | Unsplash What does true masculinity look like? The Collegian Opinions page debates this often. As leaders of the Ethos National chapter on campus, a small group program designed to free...
Courtesy | Unsplash The next statue on the Hillsdale Liberty Walk should celebrate America’s first female codebreaker and one of its greatest cryptanalysts. Her work helped indict Al Capone and dismantle a Nazi spy ring in South America. Elizebeth Smith Friedman may be Hillsdale College’s greatest alumna and deserves a permanent place of honor on...