Hillsdale County has “blue laws,” which prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages on Sundays. Wikimedia Commons | Courtesy A decades-old law is keeping you from buying a margarita on a Sunday in Hillsdale. Little-known Sunday sales laws, known as “blue laws,” prohibit bars and restaurants in Hillsdale County — such as El Cerrito, Here’s To...
I came to Hillsdale College because I wanted a normal college experience. Of course, I wanted Hillsdale’s liberal education, to read the canon of the western tradition — you’ve seen the brochures. I was skeptical, too, of the monastic environment of “great books” schools like the 100-student Thomas More College of Liberal Arts or 400-strong...
Corporate welfare is alive and well, even here in Hillsdale. The Michigan Economic Development Corporation is the institution responsible for organizing and directing corporate welfare in the state of Michigan. According to their website, the MEDC offers “business assistance services and capital programs for business attraction and acceleration.” In practice, this amounts to allocating tax...
The recent changes to what was known as the “Honors Program” and is now known as the Collegiate Scholars have been seriously detrimental. The changes Joe Pappalardo proposed (“Collegiate Scholars should change more,” March 17), while well intentioned, would finish the job of getting rid of what is good about the program. Pappalardo suggests making...
Today, 40 classical schools from 22 states are seeking seniors who can be to the students in their schools what Hillsdale professors have been to Hillsdale graduates. Seniors who become classical school teachers do not abandon the collegial community they were a part of at Hillsdale. While their roles and castmates do change, they continue...