Category: Opinions

“Insert obligatory theological debate here,” read the follow-up comment on a funny quote posted on Overheard at Hillsdale, garnering almost as many “likes” as the actual quote. Hillsdale students are obviously aware of our penchant for turning anything into a heated debate upon which the truth of the universe hinges. Someone brings up Luther, and...

“Governor, we’ve lost control of the capitol.” Thousands of protesters mobbed the Wisconsin Capitol in March 2011, ripping hinges off doors and crawling through open windows. Outraged by the legislature’s passage of a collective bargaining reform bill championed by Gov. Scott Walker, the crowds quickly overran the capitol police. For weeks the swelling mob occupied...

Lawsuits brought against companies such as Condé Nast and Fox Searchlight this summer by disgruntled former interns began a reevaluation of the internship culture these companies rely on. And that’s a good thing. If landlords and supermarkets accepted job training or LinkedIn contacts for rent and food, the world of unpaid internships which so many...

Clear writing comes from clear thinking. Unfortunately, at times the arguments Mark Tushnet presents in his new book “In the Balance: Law and Politics in the Roberts Court” are quite murky. “In the Balance” follows the ascension of Justices John Roberts and Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court. It then focuses on how the Roberts...

The students who attended my elementary school loved Sam, the school’s custodian, and he loved us. He was a pleasant person, who frequently smiled and appeared happy. On one particular Friday afternoon, however, Sam looked like something bothered him. I was in the school library with my sixth-grade class. Sam walked over to my teacher...