Book Reviews, ISSUE #53 | MAY 2026, Religion

Training the Tongue: A Review

By Campbell Collins In his new book, Training the Tongue and Growing Beyond Sins of Speech,  Father Gregory Pine lays out a path toward developing virtue in speech. Pine’s book—which discusses truth-telling, conversation, communion, correction, humor, teaching, and prayer—seems particularly pertinent to the lives of Hillsdale students. We talk so much that we have our own conversational clichés: “That guy” in Logic and Rhetoric and … Continue reading Training the Tongue: A Review

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Essays, ISSUE #52 | MAR 2026

Spartan XIX: Story of a Faithful Soldier

By Frederick Woodward When you meet Patrick Kopytek, the first thing you notice about him is the uprightness of his posture. He turns 74 this March, but he doesn’t look it. His blond hair hasn’t grayed out fully and his stance is tall and proud, defying gravity’s relentless drag toward the earth. As he starts to walk, though, he displays a pronounced limp, the result … Continue reading Spartan XIX: Story of a Faithful Soldier

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From the Faculty, history, ISSUE #52 | MAR 2026

An Open Forum with Dr. Rahe

In this Forum interview, Professor of History Paul Rahe sat down with Sophia Mandt to discuss his interactions with renowned academics while an undergraduate, his criticisms of the modern higher education system, and more. In your youth, you had the opportunity to study under well known academics such as Allan Bloom and Donald Kagan. What are some of the most profound or significant things that … Continue reading An Open Forum with Dr. Rahe

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ISSUE #52 | MAR 2026, Religion

“No Bad Parts”: An Augustinian Return to Self Through Wonder

By Alethia Diener Her makeup was immaculate. Her hair was swept up in a stunning bun, she wore a skirt and classy heels, and as this young mother sat in front of me in church, her straight back and clenched jaw revealed her desire to be The Mom Who Does Things Right And Is In Control. When her toddlers fussed, she grabbed their tiny wrists … Continue reading “No Bad Parts”: An Augustinian Return to Self Through Wonder

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ISSUE #52 | MAR 2026, Letters From the Editor

Letter from the Editor | Issue #52

Dear reader, As the warmth melts the ice, the heat thaws the snow, and the sun rekindles the spirit of nature’s liveliness once more, it can be tempting to dismiss the tender kindness of the changing seasons in favor of its practical utility. Though it is true that the warm weather means less heavy clothing and more Vitamin D, to fall victim to treating the … Continue reading Letter from the Editor | Issue #52

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Essays, history, ISSUE #51 | DEC 2025, Religion

Forgotten Heroes: The Polish Catholic Men that Shaped the American Revolution

By Frederick Woodward Heroism, by nature, tends toward a tragic dichotomy. All throughout human memory, the pattern has remained relatively fixed. A man attains popular immortality, or else he is forgotten a few generations after he dies. The two conditions are not mutually exclusive — one can precede, or follow the other. Popularized, forgotten, redeemed again — these words sum up the cycle of virtually … Continue reading Forgotten Heroes: The Polish Catholic Men that Shaped the American Revolution

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From the Faculty, ISSUE #51 | DEC 2025

An Interview with Dr. Daniel Kuehler

How do you see music in conversation or in relationship with the liberal arts? Is music part of the liberal arts? I would say a very emphatic yes, because it’s one of the original seven. So if we’ve got the trivium and the quadrivium, the trivium are all of the arts of the word—grammar, logic and rhetoric—and they’re geared towards knowledge of the self, and … Continue reading An Interview with Dr. Daniel Kuehler

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