Category: Opinions

Many students come to Hillsdale College enamored of its institutional character, of its presumed political affiliation, and of its steadfast refusal to accept government aid of any kind. Yet by senior year, some have adopted an ironic posture toward the college. They look with contempt on the visitors wandering about campus, ogling at the statues,...

Every family tells its stories. We Garretts — my name comes from my paternal grandmother — like to tell how an enterprising Virginian squatting on grandma’s land took advantage of the fertile soil to plant a lucrative cash crop: marijuana. There’s also the one about the local drunk who would take potshots at the house....

Last fall, Rolling Stone published “A Rape on Campus,” an article decrying college and fraternity rape culture at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. It centered on “Jackie,” an anonymous female student who claimed to have been gang-raped at a party. Jackie’s story was disgusting and horrifying, moving readers with graphic details. It was the...

Indiana Republican Gov. Mike Pence is a coward. In the face of liberal agitation, the man has bent over backward insisting the Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act would not allow for discrimination. “If I were presented a bill that legalized discrimination against any person or group,” he piously proclaimed, “I would veto it.” Therein lies...

Editor’s note: the print version of this article was edited significantly. The version here published more closely reflects the length of the original submission. Christopher Boyajian asserts that Ted Cruz is an “unelectable radical” (“Ted Cruz: Unelectable Radical,” April 2). I think Mr. Boyajian is largely incorrect, but his charge has two elements and each deserves careful...