Category: Opinions

Moderate and conservative Republican should have both felt good after the recent Republican debate on MSNBC. Republicans should be proud. Why is that? Chris Christie and Ted Cruz actually agreed for once. Marco Rubio and Donald Trump attacked the media instead of each other. Republicans united against something for the first time in a long...

While Donald Trump would make a horrible President for a whole host of reasons, I am still very grateful he is in the race. Despite bad policies on a number of issues (such as trade, health-care, and tax reform), his spiritedness is refreshing. Since he is funding his own campaign, he can say things that...

Many cultural whistle-blowers have diagnosed the evils of modern society, decrying our lack of principle and conviction. They prescribe a return to morality, exhorting us to clean up our act and play nice. But seldom do they tell us why, or how. One of the few authors who attempts to overcome the emptiness of the...

The Hillsdale Collegian Opinions page serves as a public forum. We, the Collegian editorial staff, hope to capture the “geist” of campus — and sometimes the “geist” is feisty. The opinion pieces we print are not endorsed by us. And it is up to you, our readers, to make of them what you will and...

On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the Allied nations and Germany agreed to an armistice, beginning the process of ending World War I. The day was memorialized as Armistice Day, and many Americans still observe a few moments of silence for the tens of millions killed and...