Imprimis
Imprimis is the free monthly speech digest of Hillsdale College and is dedicated to educating citizens and promoting civil and religious liberty by covering cultural, economic, political, and educational issues. The content of Imprimis is drawn from speeches delivered at Hillsdale College events. First published in 1972, Imprimis is one of the most widely circulated opinion publications in the nation with over six million subscribers.
Episodes
MARCH 2024 | VOLUME 53, ISSUE 3
Rogue Prosecutors and the Rise of Crime
Cully Stimson
The Heritage Foundation
The following is adapted from a talk delivered on March 11, 2024, 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.
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FEBRUARY 2024 | VOLUME 53, ISSUE 2
Disparate Impact Thinking Is Destroying Our Civilization
Heather Mac Donald
Manhattan Institute
The following is adapted from a talk delivered on February 15, 2024, at a Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminar in Naples, Florida.
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January 2024 | VOLUME 53, ISSUE 1
An Immigration Crisis Beyond Imagining
Todd Bensman
Center for Immigration Studies
The following is adapted from a talk delivered on January 22, 2024, 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.
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DECEMBER 2023 | VOLUME 52, ISSUE 12
Lessons From the Great Covid Cover-Up
Rand Paul
U.S. Senator from Kentucky
Author, Deception: The Great Covid Cover-Up
The following is adapted from a talk delivered on November 1, 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.
NOVEMBER 2023 | VOLUME 52, ISSUE 11
Hillsdale’s Mission and the Politics of Freedom
Larry P. Arnn
President, Hillsdale College
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.
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OCTOBER 2023 | VOLUME 52, ISSUE 10
Why the CIA No Longer Works—and How to Fix It
Charles S. Faddis
Author, Beyond Repair: The Decline and Fall of the CIA
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.”
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SEPTEMBER 2023 | VOLUME 52, ISSUE 9
Inside the Transgender Empire
Christopher F. Rufo
Author, America's Cultural Revolution
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.
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JULY/AUGUST 2023 | VOLUME 52, ISSUE 7/8
Imperialism: Lessons From History
Victor Davis Hanson
Wayne and Marcia Buske Distinguished Fellow in History, Hillsdale College
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.
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JUNE 2023 | VOLUME 52, ISSUE 6
The Most Important Decision in Life
Bishop Robert Barron
Word on Fire Catholic Ministries
The following is adapted from a speech delivered on May 13, 2023, at Hillsdale College’s 171st Commencement Ceremony.
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APRIL/MAY 2023 | VOLUME 52, ISSUE 4/5
Thinking Smartly About Climate Change
Bjorn Lomborg
President of the Copenhagen Consensus Center & a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution
The following is adapted from a speech delivered at a Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminar on April 24, 2023, in Irving, Texas.
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MARCH 2023 | VOLUME 52, ISSUE 3
The Biden Economy and How It Could Be Fixed
Andrew F. Puzder
Businessman and Author, The Capitalist Comeback: The Trump Boom and the Left’s Plot to Stop It
This issue is adapted from a talk delivered on February 22, 2023, at a Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminar in Indian Wells, California.
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FEBRUARY 2023 | VOLUME 52, ISSUE 2
America’s Broken Health Care: Diagnosis and Prescription
John Abramson
Author, Sickening: How Big Pharma Broke American Health Care and How We Can Repair It
This issue is adapted from a talk delivered at Hillsdale College on March 5, 2023, during a Center for Constructive Alternatives conference on “Big Pharma.”
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JANUARY 2023 | VOLUME 52, ISSUE 1
The Twitter Files Reveal an Existential Threat
John Daniel Davidson
The Federalist
This issue is adapted from a talk delivered at Hillsdale College on February 7, 2023.
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DECEMBER 2022 | VOLUME 51, ISSUE 12
American Christmas, American New Year
Christopher Flannery
Host, The American Story
This issue is adapted from an online presentation recorded at Hillsdale College on October 18, 2022.
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NOVEMBER 2022 | VOLUME 51, ISSUE 11
Education as a Battleground
Larry P. Arnn
President, Hillsdale College
This issue is adapted from remarks delivered on November 3, 2022, at a Hillsdale College reception in Santa Clara, California.
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OCTOBER 2022 | VOLUME 51, ISSUE 10
The Economic Disaster of the Pandemic Response
Jeffrey A. Tucker
Brownstone Institute
This issue is adapted from a talk delivered at Hillsdale College on October 20, 2022, sponsored by the student group Praxis.
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SEPTEMBER 2022 | VOLUME 51, ISSUE 9
Complications of the Ukraine War
Christopher Caldwell
Claremont Review of Books
This issue is adapted from a talk delivered at Hillsdale College on October 4, 2022, during a Center for Constructive Alternatives conference on the topic of Russia.
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AUGUST 2022 | VOLUME 51, ISSUE 8
The Politicization of the Department of Justice
Harmeet K. Dhillon
Dhillon Law Group, Inc.
This issue is adapted from a speech delivered on September 16, 2022, in Washington, D.C., at Hillsdale College’s Constitution Day Celebration.
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JUNE/JULY 2022 | VOLUME 51, ISSUE 6/7
The Rise of Wokeness in the Military
Thomas Spoehr
Director, Center for National Defense at the Heritage Foundation
This issue is adapted from a talk delivered on July 20, 2022, 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.
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APRIL/MAY 2022 | VOLUME 51, ISSUE 4/5
Laying Siege to the Institutions
Christopher F. Rufo
Founder and Director, Battlefront
This issue is adapted from a speech delivered at Hillsdale College on April 5, 2022, during a two-week teaching residency at Hillsdale as a Pulliam Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Journalism.
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