How Sparta Saved Ancient Greece, And Western Civilization, From The Persian Empire
The Spartans’ integral role in the victory over Persia changed the course of human history forever.
What Self-Governing Societies Can Learn From Ancient Athens
In the third lecture of Hillsdale College’s course on the histories of Athens and Sparta, Victor Davis Hanson asks: ‘What is the chief virtue of Athens?’
What Ancient Sparta Can Teach Us About Politics Today
The elaborate social and political structure of Spartan society can teach us much about self-governance today.
What Americans Must Do To Restore The Constitution
Temperance, frugality, and courage are virtues that individuals must possess in order to be free.
No, Vice President Pence Wasn’t Wrong To Call Faith In America ‘Vibrant’
The Washington Post asserts Mike Pence selectively claimed ‘that the percentage of truly religious [citizens] in the United States have remained consistent in recent decades…’
How The New Deal Corrupted Government And Eroded Constitutional Checks And Balances
The New Deal led to the rise of the administrative state, to which Congress frequently delegates its regulatory power.
How Progressives Changed The Way We View Our Rights And The Constitution
Progressives like Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt expanded the role of government to a degree that shrunk the rights of American citizens.
Discover What Churchill Believed Made A Society Great
Churchill’s skepticism of aspects of modern society can help us today to know how to avoid the pitfalls of failed societies and 19th century despotism.
How The Constitution Protects Our Right To Worship, Own Property, And To Thrive
The Founders understood that freedom was not merely the unbridled ability to live according to one’s appetites and desires, but the ability to do what is right and to live virtuous lives.
How The Constitution Promotes Liberty Through Separation Of Powers
The Constitution is still in place today because it works with, rather than fight against, mankind’s ambitious nature.
How The Constitution Prevents Tyranny And Safeguards Liberty
Separation of powers, checks and balances, and a strong, independent judiciary are what keep the United States from devolving into failed democracies of the past.
How Churchill’s Skepticism Of Modern Society Shaped His Outlook On War And Victory
Winston Churchill’s experiences as a young man in combat shaped his views of war and courage in the modern age.
3 Reasons Winston Churchill’s Legacy Still Matters
Fifty-three years after his death, Winston Churchill’s life and legacy are all the more relevant today.
Was America’s Founding Revolutionary Or Conservative?
Dr. Larry Arnn poses the question in the first lecture of Hillsdale College’s free online Constitution 101 course.
Without Christianity, We Wouldn’t Debate Conflicts Between Church And State
The very idea of religion being at all separate from the state is Christian in origin, and Christianity is the only religion to offer as well as create the cultural context in which separation of church and state was even possible.
What Our World Owes To The Ancient Greeks: Self-Rule And A Focus On The Common Good
The third Western Heritage lecture focuses on ‘the Greek miracle.’ That’s the emergence of a political form that has become common today: self-rule.
How The Ancient Hebrews’ Deep Faith Affected The West’s Cultural Development
While a relatively tiny minority of people now and ever have been religiously Jewish, that minority religion has had inestimably large effects on the West and world.
Why Every American Should Study Western Heritage 101
America’s lack of civic and cultural knowledge is an existential threat, says Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn in his introduction to ‘History 101: Western Heritage.’
Senate Democrats Blatantly Lied About Hillsdale College
Every single Democrat senator owes Hillsdale an apology for the blatant lies spread about the college during Senate debate over tax reform.
Goodbye To The Minister Of Magic, Actor Robert Hardy
‘Harry Potter’ and ‘All Creatures Great and Small’ actor Robert Hardy was a timeless performer who studied under J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis.
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