Of the many things that make Hillsdale Hillsdale, one of the most obvious is our deeply religious campus culture. From heated lunch table debates to 2 a.m. dorm room theology, faith permeates our everyday life. But the very forces that encourage faith to be a natural part of student life can also make Christianity feel...
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Slash foreign aid, not Medicaid: cuts are foolish
The Medicaid cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act are a good move made by the wrong people at the wrong time. Entitlements are certainly a huge problem for the American federal government, accounting for approximately 46% of the federal budget, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Since the year 2000,...
Tongues of Fire: Hillsdale needs a Biblical Languages minor
“We all have sinned.” “Formless and void.” “It is finished.” Christians may know these familiar phrases from the Bible. But to understand what they really mean, students need an extensive knowledge of biblical languages, an area of study Hillsdale College should develop. Sin, as it is commonly written in the original biblical Greek, means both...
Personality makes a comeback: Cracker Barrel customers spurn soulless corporate branding
Over the last decade, too many companies have swapped their signature looks for so-called “blanding.” Tech giants like Google and Spotify, as well as prominent fashion houses such as Burberry and Yves Saint Laurent exemplify this phenomenon. Many companies have also streamlined their visual logos beyond fonts, as evidenced by the Pringles mascot’s gradually disappearing...
Fitness is foundational: A better America begins with a presidential fitness test
Courtesy | Unsplash When I was 13, an incoming freshman in high school, I realized that joining a fall sport would be a great way to make friends in a school where I knew only one other student. So, despite never having run a mile in my life, I signed up for the cross country...




