The chief purpose of a high school education in American history is as a rite of civic membership, an act of inculcation and formation. 
The following is adapted from a speech delivered by Michael Ward on May 9, 2015, at Hillsdale College’s 163rd Commencement ceremony. 
While conservative pessimists looked at Indiana, watched its politicians immediately compromise, and saw defeat, a closer look shows something else: a cultural stalemate. 
Filmmaker Frank Capra understood America in terms of the moral principles that can be shared by all who understand them and are willing to live up to them. 
The lesson from the last 20 years of immigration policy is that lawlessness breeds more lawlessness. Today, we have a constitutional crisis on our hands. 
The following is adapted from a speech delivered on January 30, 2015, at Hillsdale College’s Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center, as part of the AWC Family Foundation Lecture Series by Jason L. Riley. 
Increasingly large majorities of the people consistently profess themselves afraid of their government. They think it too big. 
The key economic concept required to understand the labor market effects of the ACA is what economists call “tax distortions.” 
Much more than our rulers’ compassion, however, we deserve their respect—for us; our rights; our capacity and responsibility to feel and heal our own pains without their ministrations. 
The question I will address here is whether administrative law is unlawful, and I will focus on constitutional history. Send this to friend
