Former Hillsdale College President George C. Roche, III, died last Friday, May 5, 2006, at 71. There are mixed feelings among conservatives between those who remember him fondly and those who were horrified by the circumstances which resulted in his…
Inaugurated in 1904, University of Wisconsin (UW) President Charles Van Hise gradually changed the role of the school from pure academics to service to the state. Van Hise thought UW research should improve the lives of all Wisconsin citizens through…
Wisconsin elects its Governor in 2006. Cheeseheads also elect an Attorney General, a Secretary of State and a State Treasurer. The last two races are not competitive. Incumbent Secretary of State Doug LaFollette, a Democrat and distant relative of Wisconsin…
Citizens and voters all over America bemoan how candidates and campaigns seem to start earlier each election cycle. In Alabama, for example, four candidates for Governor — two Republicans and two Democrats — are already jockeying for the June 2006…
Birmingham, Alabama, will forever be known as one of the centers of the civil rights struggle. Instead of burying its past, Birmingham celebrates it. The sprawling Civil Rights Institute downtown freezes Birmingham’s segregationist history and the protests it sparked. In…
Three anniversaries this year remind us how unique the American response has been to danger to us and to our allies during the past 60 years and what a dangerous world it still is. They underscore how our enemies became…