Category: Opinions

Hillsdale College enjoyed a special opportunity last week to think through one of the most disputed subjects of our time: Gay marriage. Because the event, sponsored by The Lyceum, the Symposium, and Young Americans for Freedom, was a debate rather than a lecture, it challenged students’ beliefs and put their classroom instruction to practical use....

“‘Racism and violence comprise the majority of ‘American Sniper,’ Clint Eastwood’s box-office hit,’ declared Andy Reuss last week (“‘American Sniper’ and killing the other,” Jan. 29). This is a painfully shallow assessment,” wrote Michael Aavang, in last week’s response to my film critique. I couldn’t agree more. Which is exactly why I wrote the 764...

If the student section did not include costumes like a man-sized strip of bacon, a ghillie suit, or a six-foot cutout of Coach Tharp, it would not be a Charger basketball game. Thankfully, Hillsdale students rarely leave this post unattended. But, as students who have adopted honor and virtue as a campus code of conduct,...

“Racism and violence comprise the majority of ‘American Sniper,’ Clint Eastwood’s box-office hit,” declared Andy Reuss last week (“‘American Sniper’ and killing the other,” Jan. 29). This is a painfully shallow assessment. As a combat veteran, I believe racism is wrong. Unwarranted prejudice, regardless of whether employed for the “good” of the state, is not...