Category: Opinions

Having called Edward Snowden a traitor once, conservative radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt did not hesitate to do so again when I questioned his claim during the Security and Privacy session of last week’s CCA. Hewitt then challenged the audience to find a definition of a traitor under which Snowden did not fall. In...

Two weeks ago today, hundreds of thousands of people trekked to the bustling leviathan of Washington, D.C. for the annual March for Life. Even though I intern in the Capitol Hill area, the only signs of their presence I encountered were occasional sightings of men in black vestments, some isolated pro-life leaflets strewn on the...

Every year, on or around the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, pro-life Americans descend on D.C. for the March for Life, a protest against the legalization of abortion. In 2015 alone, media reports estimate that more than 500,000 marchers were in the District. This year, for the first time in my...

Racism and violence comprise the majority of “American Sniper,” Clint Eastwood’s box-office hit. And that is exactly what we as college students, Americans, and even human beings, need to see. Chris Kyle (portrayed by Bradley Cooper), the famed subject of “American Sniper,” spent considerable time on-screen speaking of and justifying his many kills. His comrades...

Hillsdale’s athletic program is missing the best game, the game that many Michiganders grew up with, the game that the state is known for: The good old hockey game. Therefore, as its next construction project, Hillsdale should build a regulation-sized indoor ice arena, and its next sports team should be a hockey team. A hockey...