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Hillsdale residents pen letter demanding resignation of two city council members over Jan. 6 D.C. protest attendance
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Hillsdale residents pen letter demanding resignation of two city council members over Jan. 6 D.C. protest attendance

Correction: An earlier version stated seven residents signed the letter, this has been updated to state that the actual number is around 30 Two Hillsdale city council members and a Tax Increment Financing Authority board member are facing calls to resign after attending the Jan. 6 march in Washington, D.C., that turned violent inside the...

Professor emeritus leaves classroom, enters campaign trail for American Solidarity Party
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Professor emeritus leaves classroom, enters campaign trail for American Solidarity Party

After the 2016 presidential primaries, Lucy Moye was less than enamored with her choices. The professor emeritus of history at Hillsdale College began to search for other political parties to support. After a bit of searching, she stumbled upon the American Solidarity Party.  The American Solidarity Party, officially incorporated in 2016, is founded on the...

Remembering John McCain, 1936-2018
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Remembering John McCain, 1936-2018

At this point, many people have written deserving tributes to John McCain. And since it is impossible, of course, for an untested 20-year-old to rightly eulogize a man 61 years his senior, who spent six years being tortured in a Viet Cong prison camp — compounded with the additional pain of serving five consecutive terms...

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U.S. politics from across the pond

Brits seem to think there are only two candidates for the presidency. When my conversations at Oxford University turn to American politics, 9 times out of 10 I am asked: “Who are you voting for? Donald Trump or Bernie Sanders?” The European conception of American politics is slightly laughable. While these two presidential candidates seem...