Category: Opinions

Hillsdale College needs a little more Lucifer. Lucifer, the original “radical,” receives a shoutout in Saul Alinsky’s “Rules for Radicals,” which should be required reading for every Hillsdale College student. Alinsky’s views and tactics go against everything the college stands for, and that is why his book, or excerpts from it, should be added to...

Their names are James Foley and Stephen Sotloff. They were two American citizens killed this year under the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) terrorist regime. Freelance journalist James Foley was beheaded in Syria by ISIS in response to U.S. airstrikes and military actions in August. This month, ISIS militants murdered journalist Steven Sotloff...

I’m an English major who is hardly ever happier than when analyzing a poem and who would never tire of rereading parts of “Gilead.” But rather than taking as many English classes as possible, I have taken classes in history, politics, and philosophy. I’ve found it a fruitful approach among many possible rewarding courses of...

Last Saturday, at 2 p.m., a horde of half-naked men made its way down to the shore of murky, plant-infested, bacteria-laden Lake Winona with a bunch of cardboard boxes. The horde hailed from Simpson, Galloway, and Niedfeldt, and they sought to restore a Cravats and Bluestockings-founded tradition whose loss not all had mourned: the Naval...

No one knows how many laws there are in the United States. We only know that the number is increasing. Congress passes 1,000-page laws. Each day, regulatory agencies issue rules with the force of law. Just last week, the Federal Register listed 84 new regulations. In Federalist No. 62, Publius warned of this: “It will...