The Republican presidential candidates should be rejoicing over John Dickerson’s stellar performance in the Democratic Presidential Primary Debate held Nov. 14. Dickerson, host of Face the Nation on CBS News, moderated what turned out to be a fairly boring but semi-hostile boxing match between the three Democratic candidates: Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and Martin O’Malley....
The next “giant leap for mankind” should be made on Earth. Hollywood hits like “The Martian” have reinvigorated excitement about space exploration. Adding to the hype was the Pluto flyby in June and recent evidence of water on Mars flooding news and social media feeds. More than 100,000 people have already signed up for a...
When I enrolled in Justin Jackson’s Dostoevsky course last spring, I had little idea how this course would endlessly complicate my life. I’m glad I allowed it to. Near the close of Dostoevsky’s novel “The Idiot,” the leading women meet in a horrible confrontation — tempers flare and damaging words fly. Each woman paints a...
At Hillsdale, students and student-athletes too often live in unconnected worlds. Many non-athletes couldn’t tell you how to find our locker rooms and are vaguely nonplussed about ice packs strapped to knees, elbows, and shoulders. The more dedicated show up at games to cheer, but ordinarily too few personal relationships connect bleachers and court. Which...
Vivian Hughbanks (“James Sewell is no ballet master,” Nov. 5) challenged the James Sewell Ballet for calling itself “ballet” without adhering to the structures of classical ballet. If Sewell’s company claimed to be a troupe of classical ballet dancers, this would be a problem. But they don’t. In his description of the company on Sewell’s...