Category: Opinions

I will never forget the look on my husband’s face as he helped carry his grandmother’s casket to a hearse waiting outside a little Catholic church in a tiny town in Nebraska on a cold, windy November afternoon. Marcella Svendsen, my mother-in-law’s mother, died of lung cancer in 2010. She smoked for much of her life....

Sweating lightly, I sat pedaling away on the old-school, yellow LeMond trainer along with 14 other classmates. We were the first of two Physical Wellness Dynamics groups to go through the 20-minute workout cycle. I noticed several students showing signs of high fatigue: sweat running down the forehead, red cheeks, heavy breathing. But for me,...

Last week the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments on California’s Proposition 8, a ballot proposal passed in the Golden State that prohibits same-sex marriage, and the Defense of Marriage Act, legislation signed by President Bill Clinton that defines legal marriage as a union between a man and a woman. By bringing this case...

The Facebook page Hillsdale Compliments is kind of cheesy. The number of women who apparently embody Christ’s love is maybe a tad over the top. But the site has a clear purpose, and it’s an admirable one — to make people feel good. The mission statement of Hillsdale Unfiltered, a rival Facebook page created shortly...

The NCAA restriction on caffeine riddles coaches and athletes. The NCAA lists eight restricted drug classes concerning banned drugs, gives a few examples from each class, and then leaves the athletes and school athletic departments to account for the rest – even stating that there is no complete list of banned substances. Caffeine falls under...