Category: Opinions

When I left my home in rural North Carolina for Hillsdale College in Michigan last summer, I knew I was in for a challenge. What I didn’t know was that I was embracing a journey. While my first two weeks were arduous, my first semester experience changed my life in several important ways that have...

Harry V. Jaffa, perhaps the greatest political philosopher of the 20th century next to Leo Strauss, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 10. Jaffa, Professor Emeritus at Claremont McKenna and Claremont Graduate Schools, deeply studied not only classical political philosophy but also American political thought, Shakespeare, and the statesmanship of Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill. Through...

At the center of the Gettysburg National Cemetery stands a tall white monument with four stone figures seated at its base. The figures represent History, War, Peace, and Plenty. Atop the monument proudly stands the figure of Liberty with a sword in one hand and a wreath in the other. It is called the Soldiers’...

When the Oscar nominations were released on Jan. 15, Vox.com, the site that aims to “Explain the news,” protested that a film had been “snubbed” in the drawing, appearing with only two nominations, one for Best Picture. “Selma,” the story of Martin Luther King Junior and the civil rights march he led from Selma to...

On Jan. 16, Secretary of State John Kerry delivered a present to a France still reeling from the Charlie Hebdo attacks: Musical guest James Taylor. In what some considered attempted compensation for the conspicuous absence of any US official from the post-attack “Unity March,” Taylor serenaded French delegates with “You’ve Got A Friend,” his 1971...