The natural state of mankind in this fallen realm is abject material poverty. Naked you came into this world, and you take nothing with you when you leave. Wealth and prosperity are the exception, not the norm. In recent generations, we have seen the rise of assembly...
Happy 112 anniversary Maine (7/10/1911 – 7/10/2023)
Lie to me once, shame on you, lie to me twice, shame on me. It is an old saying and puts accountability on the gullible that continue to believe a liar. Many remember Climategate 2009 when climate “scientists” emails were leaked showing them covering up and hiding...
Pursuit of “Environmental Justice” Brought Maine to Brink of Sludgepocalypse
By Steve Robinson -The Maine Wire- 3/10/2023 Maine was brought to the brink of a man-made environmental disaster this week — a potential catastrophe that threatens to spill thousands of tons of human waste byproduct into Maine’s waterways. At the center of the crisis...
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Hillsdale’s Mission and the Politics of Freedom
The following is adapted from a talk delivered on the Regent Seven Seas Mariner on June 30, 2023, during a Hillsdale College educational cruise from Istanbul to Athens. Hillsdale is often called a conservative college, and in an important sense it is, although it is not a label we regard as fundamental. The word “conservative”

Why the CIA No Longer Works—and How to Fix It
The following is adapted from a talk delivered at Hillsdale College on October 3, 2023, during a conference on “U.S. Intelligence: History and Controversies.” We need the CIA, but we also need to recognize the uncomfortable reality that the CIA is not performing at the level we require. It is not keeping us safe. It

Inside the Transgender Empire
The following is adapted from a talk delivered on September 12, 2023, at the Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship on Hillsdale’s Washington, D.C., campus, as part of the AWC Family Foundation Lecture Series. The transgender movement is pressing its agenda everywhere. Most publicly, activist teachers are using classrooms to propagandize