Barton Swaim is an editorial writer and book reviewer at the Wall Street Journal. His time as a speechwriter for South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is the subject of his memoir “The Speechwriter: A Short Education in Politics.” He is this semester’s Eugene C. Pulliam Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Journalism and just finished teaching a one-credit course on objectivity in...
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Having ‘as much college as we thought we could’: Arnn speaks on Hillsdale’s handling of COVID-19
Hillsdale College stayed open for the full 2020-2021 school year, despite hurdles posed by government responses to COVID-19, something that was only possible because “we’re stubborn,” according to college President Larry Arnn. “This is our business and we couldn’t see a good reason not to do it,” Arnn said. While Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Health...
Wall Street Journal editorial writer says ‘there’s nothing left’ for liberalism to do
We are living in Robert Bork’s America, and it’s the fault of liberalism, according to Barton Swaim. Swaim, a political books columnist for the Wall Street Journal and the spring 2021 Eugene C. Pulliam Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Journalism, gave a public lecture on April 20, titled, “You Can’t Argue with the Righteous: Is Political Debate a Thing of the...
Not so wild west: Praxis guest talks property rights on the prairie
The absence of formal government institutions in much of the American West during the frontier era did not lead to violent chaos, but rather an effective laissez-faire approach to protecting property rights, according to P.J. Hill, a senior fellow at the Property and Environment Research Center, who spoke at Praxis’s “Not so Wild, Wild West” event April 8. Hill, who...
Library reboots computers
Mossey Library is temporarily suspending the MeLCat interlibrary sharing service as it updates the library catalog to a new software for the fall semester. These research services and sharing requests, previously available through https://lib.hillsdale.edu/search and https://encore.hillsdale.edu, allow students, staff, and faculty to access material from libraries across Michigan. The classic online catalog and the new Encore system have been provided...
Preview: Hart to speak on America and Catholicism during Cold War
Catholics are doing a better job of preserving America’s Christian character than evangelical Christians, according to Darryl Hart, associate professor of history. As a prelude to his new book on the same topic, “American Catholic: The Politics of Faith During the Cold War,” Hart will host a lecture arguing for the Catholic contribution to Christian America at 4 p.m. on...
Meet Benito Suero: Bon Appetit’s new general manager comes with experience and vision
“Food is life.” Benito Suero, Bon Appetit’s new general manager at Hillsdale College, who began working at Hillsdale on March 22 in preparation for the retirement of David Apthorpe, the current general manager, will be taking full control in the fall. Suero has built his career of more than 25 years in the hospitality industry around this maxim. Before coming...
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