Tag: Hillsdale College

What Senators Should Ask Biden’s Supreme Court Nominee

March 8, 2022

The mystery: President Joe Biden nominated U.S. Circuit Court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, but who exactly is she, and what is her judicial philosophy? What we know: Jackson’s previous rulings and comments offer some insights. We know, for instance, that she’s a favorite of leftist special interest groups. But … More What Senators Should Ask Biden’s Supreme Court Nominee

The SARS2 Pandemic: Will Truth Prevail?

February 11, 2022

Dr. Atlas will speak on the tragedy of the SARS2 pandemic and the need to restore trust in the country’s vital institutions. The management of this pandemic has left a stain on many of America’s once noble institutions, including our elite universities, research institutes and journals, and public health agencies. Among the most damaged has … More The SARS2 Pandemic: Will Truth Prevail?

The Middle Class and Why It’s Disappearing

January 20, 2022

In this Highlight from Hillsdale College’s FREE online course, “American Citizenship and Its Decline,” Victor Davis Hanson explores the roots of citizenship in ancient Greece, explains how a strong middle class is essential to free government, and describes how we are losing the middle class today. Visit our website: http://hillsdale.edu Learn from our online courses: … More The Middle Class and Why It’s Disappearing

The Way Out

December 13, 2021

The following is adapted from a speech delivered at a Hillsdale College reception in Overland Park, Kansas, on November 18, 2021. Here are two questions pertinent to our times: (1) How would you reduce the greatest free republic in history to despotism in a short time? and (2) How would you stop that from happening? The … More The Way Out

Is Ensuring Election Integrity Anti-Democratic?

November 15, 2021

John R. Lott, Jr., Founder and President, Crime Prevention Research Center Sixteen years ago, in 2005, the Carter-Baker Commission on Federal Election Reform issued a report that proposed a uniform system of requiring a photo ID in order to vote in U.S. elections. The report also pointed out that widespread absentee voting makes vote fraud more … More Is Ensuring Election Integrity Anti-Democratic?

CONSTITUION 101

October 2, 2021

Learn the meaning of the Constitution and the principles of American government in this new version of Hillsdale’s most popular course. The United States Constitution was designed to secure the natural rights proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence. Signed by Constitutional Convention delegates on September 17, 1787—Constitution Day—it was ratified by the American people and … More CONSTITUION 101

Why the Ruling ‘Elite’ Is Anti-American

September 30, 2021

** NOTE ** This is not a knock on the American political system, just the elitist’s who have risen to the top of power within America and oppose the Constitutional Republic which America was founded as. The modern administrative state is anti-constitutional and directed by an oligarchic ‘elite’ that is corrupt and distant from the … More Why the Ruling ‘Elite’ Is Anti-American