College students who trekked to this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) got a civics lesson they were probably unaccustomed to receiving, unless they go to Hillsdale. “Do you know that we make about twenty…
Topic: Hillsdale College
Trump Baffles Academics
The “best and the brightest” in academe have been trying to unravel the Trump phenomenon for about as long as this election season has run. Martin Kich of Wright State University devotes about three blogs…
Social Justice VS. America’s Founding Principles
The eloquent Justice Clarence Thomas recently warned the class of 2016 in a commencement address at Hillsdale College that since “the rising tide of social justice demands run afoul of this nation’s founding principles,” this…
SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas Warns about Dangers of Social Justice at Hillsdale
At the conservative institution Hillsdale College, Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas warned about the dangers of social justice. Instead, he pushed for principled living, which leads to freedom and justice.
Why Does the Cold War Matter Today?
“Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it.” On May 3, 2016, Elizabeth Edwards Spalding, an author and associate professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College, repeated this quote while discussing her newly…
Silver Linings to Student Meltdowns
The bad news is that student protestors today are more openly totalitarian than demonstrators of the 1960s. The good news: They’re less destructive. “At the University of Kansas, where I graduated, students torched the…
Hillsdale Student Makes a Case for a Statue of Conservative Thinker William Buckley, Jr.
It’s a good case for Hillsdale: Hillsdale College student Thomas Novelly wants to return the favor to National Review’sfounder, William F. Buckley Jr., for his generous donation to the school of “thousands of the columns,…
Obama’s College Scorecard Puzzle
Wondering which colleges and universities offer degrees that give a bang-for-their-buck? That’s the idea behind the Obama administration’s college scorecard program, released by the Department of Education earlier in the school year. It was supposed…
Patriotism, Sí, Nationalism, No
A well-informed scholar recently made an important distinction between patriotism and nationalism. “Nationalism is an ideology that implies that there should be no political differences between inhabitants of a nation,” Dr. Steven Grosby of Clemson…
Obama’s College Scorecard Ignores Conservative, Christian Colleges
Hillsdale and Grove City were not on the scorecard put out by Obama’s Department of Education.
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Book Review: Is ‘The Dying Citizen’ a Prediction of America’s Future?
America’s ongoing and seemingly-constant crises have left Americans scrambling to find a sense of normalcy and safety. Just in time, to cut through the chaotic bombardment of conflicting messages and opinions while providing a voice…
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