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Open Letter to a Graduate Student

Letter from a professor, to a Hillsdale student embarking on graduate studies: All that you study from here on out your professors will present in … Read More ›

Posted on November 30, 2020December 12, 2020
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To Spank or Not to Spank

As a Christian conservative, I want to support the corporal punishment of children. I believe in the institutions that endorse it and trust the people … Read More ›

Posted on September 12, 2019September 10, 2019
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Living

Five Lies Fiction Tells You

At heart, fiction is a made-up story. These stories draw on the real world for context, structures, settings, and even characters, however. More often than … Read More ›

Posted on August 31, 2019August 28, 2019
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Silence and the Fight to Free Our Souls

“Silence is the door-keeper of the interior life” – Josemaria Escriva  Before we begin, I ask you to take a minute to silence your smartphone. If … Read More ›

Posted on February 14, 2019February 14, 2019
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Commonplace Books: When Memory Isn’t Enough

How do we cope with wanting to remember more than we think we can? The art of “the memory technique” (an elegant legacy from a … Read More ›

Posted on January 15, 2019January 16, 2019
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Living

Grateful to Be Gluten-Free

“And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.” (Romans … Read More ›

Posted on July 10, 2018May 24, 2018
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Living

Becoming a Sensory Ascetic on Sundays

I have found it difficult to keep the Sabbath. During college, my work, classes, relationships, and job searching kept me busy and preoccupied with my … Read More ›

Posted on June 5, 2018May 23, 2018
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Living

How Not to Be Authentic

My appointment in the morning took longer than I expected. As I left the building, I quickly checked my email and found an urgent message … Read More ›

Posted on April 3, 2018February 26, 2018
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Visiting the Ghosts of the Holocaust

While in Germany for Reformation Day, I took a detour to visit Buchenwald, the “model” concentration camp near Weimar, Germany. Most people make a pilgrimage … Read More ›

Posted on March 6, 2018February 11, 2018

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