Rick Rolls into Hillsdale

February 18, 2012

UPDATE: Santorum has canceled this appearance. Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum will speak at Hillsdale College on Monday night. The other GOP candidates are also invited to attend and speak but they aren’t confirmed. The Collegian, the campus newspaper that I advise, broke the story. I covered Santorum’s last election (not counting this year’s primaries), [...]

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Keynote

February 15, 2012

Normally bosses interview their employees. For this week’s NRO podcast, I interview my boss: Larry Arnn, president of Hillsdale College and author of The Founders’ Key, a new book on the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. The man speaks in paragraphs. He also sneak-previews Constitution 101, a 10-week online course that the college will [...]

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“Mortality”

February 11, 2012

My article on Abe Lincoln’s favorite poem is in the Wall Street Journal: “There is a poem that has been a great favorite with me for years,” [Lincoln] said. Then he closed his eyes and declaimed 56 lines. He knew the words, but nothing else of the poem. “I would give a great deal,” he [...]

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Kill Shot

February 9, 2012

My latest NRO podcast victim is Vince Flynn, on his new novel Kill Shot. Vince is of course a frequent guest. We keep having him back because the interviews are so good. This time, he discusses the new book as well as his bout with cancer. Next week’s podcast: Larry Arnn on America’s founding documents.

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Gold Standard

February 5, 2012

For Super Bowl Sunday, Bob Greene of CNN writes about Theodore Roosevelt and football: As my guide through the thicket that football entered and from which it eventually emerged and thrived, I sought the assistance of author John J. Miller, whose meticulously researched book, “The Big Scrum: How Teddy Roosevelt Saved Football,” is the gold [...]

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Not on Netflix!

February 4, 2012

My talk about The Big Scrum, at the Ann Arbor District Library in November, is now available online.

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