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by | Sep 26, 2022

Much has been written about the intellectual failings of America’s institutions of higher learning, including their ignorance — or outright suppression — of the achievements of Western civilization, to which the modern university owes its existence. Far less, however, has…

by | Aug 26, 2022

Three Tennessee school boards denied the application of the American Classical Academy, a K-12 charter school system affiliated with Hillsdale College that provides students with a classic liberal arts education. The American Classical Academy alleges that these decisions are politically…

by | Aug 4, 2022

On Wednesday, Elisabeth Zerofsky of the New York Times Magazine published a lengthy essay titled “How the Claremont Institute Became a Nerve Center of the American Right.” Zerofsky’s piece was well-researched, honest, and measured, but the same cannot necessarily be…

by | Dec 16, 2021

A seemingly never-ending deluge of headlines of controversies and scandals continue to rock higher education, including student activists threatening speakers they disagree with and campus cultures that increasingly stifle free speech and academic inquiry. These stories of hubris and self-righteousness may…

by | Oct 16, 2020

What are the signs of the times telling you? A road trip to rural Michigan last weekend traded the sea of Arlington “Dump Trump” signs for these: “Trump–Pence 2020,” “Jesus 2020,” “No More Bulls**t,” “My Governor Is an Idiot,” the…

by | Sep 18, 2020

When E. F. Hutton speaks, people listen. When William Barr speaks, call an electrician. Mental circuits trip and temperament fuses blow. The attorney general, bucking the behavior of attorneys generally, displays all the emotion of a mortician, approaches an audience…

by | Jul 21, 2020

Hillsdale College held its commencement ceremony this weekend in defiance of a warning from Michigan’s attorney general that the event would be illegal. Under Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s executive order, gatherings of more than 100 people are forbidden. The college’s…

by | May 8, 2020

Operation Smarter Sweden Should we open up? The general consensus is “yes.” The question remains “when” and “how.” Sweden has been more or less successful working towards herd immunity quickly. But Sweden made one critical, fatal mistake — they didn’t…

by | Mar 13, 2020

Have you noticed something about the rapidly-spinning-out-of-control coronavirus, or “Wuhan virus,” panic? Its victims are chiefly, if not solely, private-sector, civil-society events and institutions. The NBA has suspended its season. College basketball conference tournaments are being shut down. The NCAA…

by | Mar 23, 2018

Springtime has arrived, and many thousands of high school seniors, along with their parents, are preparing to confront a momentous decision: where to go to college. For months they have studied marketing brochures and consulted ranking schemes. Some have taken…

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