“WAVES,” Kanye West’s upcoming album, set for a Feb. 11 release, should worry you more than the Presidential election does about the future of America. More than any politician, Kanye understands the spirit of the American everyman. Kanye has done a lot of obnoxious things recently — marrying Kim Kardashian, declaring he will run for...
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February 4, 2016July 12, 2022Opinions
What is charity?
Christ claimed that the poor will always be with us, an uncontroversial prediction in the Roman world. As Jeremy Beer details in “The Philanthropic Revolution: An Alternative History of American Charity,” for the ancient world poverty was a simple fact of life. Philanthropy was performed by the rich as part of public ceremony, in order...
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February 4, 2016July 12, 2022Opinions
Thank God it’s Fish Friday
When Cincinnati McDonald’s franchise owner Lou Groen noticed in 1962 that business in the Roman Catholic area slumped on Fridays, especially during Lent, his solution was to introduce the Filet-O-Fish. The sandwich saved his restaurant and has been a friend to Catholics and non-Catholics ever since. The College’s dining service has served fish on Fridays...
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February 4, 2016July 12, 2022Opinions
Our faculty should get more CCA time
The lecture notes have been taken, the stage cleared, the banners pulled down, and the Dow Center emptied. Another Center for Constructive Alternatives seminar has come and gone at Hillsdale College. With the exception of Monday’s fire alarm scare, this CCA looked much like those that of years past. As before, we gleaned the wisdom...
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January 28, 2016July 12, 2022Opinions
The two-state solution is no solution at all
Over the last four months in Israel, Islamic terrorists have committed 100 stabbings, 38 shootings, and 22 vehicular attacks targeting Jewish Israelis. In these attacks, 28 people have died and 230 have been wounded. In the wake of these attacks, pro-Palestine organizations in the United States have renewed their calls for the Jewish State to...