Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Stephen Breyer will step down this year to make room for another liberal appointee. Breyer’s retirement served an ulterior motive, and so did President Joe Biden’s choice of replacement. In a Jan. 27 tweet, Biden announced that his pick –Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson– would be...
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Are conservatives racist? YAF speaker, talk radio show host debunks liberal narrative
Conservatives aren’t racist, says Stephanie Trussell, host of a political talk show on Chicago’s WLS 890 AM. Trussell, who spoke at a Hillsdale College Young Americans for Freedom event on Wednesday, March 24, discussed her experience as a “black conservative.” Her radio show has made her a well-known figure in the Chicago conservative movement, but...
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Leftist activists use corporations to influence society
When left-leaning activists fail to get legislatures to do their bidding, they often turn to the courts. But recently they have identified new agents for change: corporations. Corporations are huge and have massive influence over society. Millions of Americans are affected just by the employee policies they adopt, not to mention the politicians they endorse,...
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University of Dallas professor argues against liberal theory
Arguing that theoretical liberalism is impossible to translate exactly into real life, Daniel Burns, associate professor of politics at the University of Dallas, spoke to a group of Hillsdale students and faculty on Tuesday, Feb. 25. In fact, Burns said that the modified, imperfect version of liberalism in America is actually preferable to its...
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Hillsdale professors, students disagree with GOP teacher quotas
A proposed law in Iowa would require universities to hire a similar ratio of conservative and liberal professors, but Hillsdale College faculty and students said such a policy would not be conducive to a liberal arts education. The legislation, SF-288, would prevent Iowa’s three state-run universities — the University of Iowa, Iowa State University, and...