Rules and punishments will not eradicate the college campus sexual assault pandemic. This crisis will end only when students’ education convinces them to lead moral lives. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos showed she does not understand this reality when she addressed the issue last Friday at the Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference, imploring universities to heighten the...
A week and a half ago, California lawmakers passed the “California Values Act.” Reading the title of the bill, you may have been optimistic that California was actually promoting something moral. Allow me to dash your hopes. The bill, which waits on Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk, prevents the deportation of illegal immigrants and protects their...
The statues on the Liberty Walk honor people who vindicated the West’s system of ordered liberty through politics or war. Now, it’s time for a new statue, honoring someone who taught us what to do with that liberty: C.S. Lewis. Clive Staples Lewis was born on November 29, 1898, in Belfast, Ireland. At the age...
Dreamers deserve better than DACA. President Donald Trump’s decision to rescind Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) restores rule of law to America’s immigration system, but Congress must pass legislation to give Dreamers—illegal aliens who came to America as children—citizenship. President Obama created DACA in 2012 after Congress refused to pass the DREAM Act, which...
Medical marijuana is already legal in Michigan. Bringing a marijuana facility to Hillsdale County for medicinal purposes wouldn’t be against the law, but the Hillsdale City Council voted against the initiative Monday. Many residents of Hillsdale County recently attended a public forum to share their opinions on the initiative with their representatives. Many who supported...