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.
February 2025 | Volume 54, Issue 2 Restoring American Culture Roger Kimball Editor, The New Criterion The following is adapted from a talk delivered on January 29, 2025, at Hillsdale College’s Blake Center for Faith and Freedom in Somers, Connecticut. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
January 2025 | Volume 54, Issue 1 What We Know and What We Don’t About January 6 John Daniel Davidson Senior Editor, The Federalist The following is adapted from a talk delivered at a Hillsdale College luncheon in Anchorage, Alaska, on January 22, 2025. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
December 2024 | Volume 53, Issue 12 Religious Liberty and the Genius of the American Founding Glenn Ellmers Author, The Soul of Politics: Harry V. Jaffa and the Fight for America The following is adapted from a talk delivered at Hillsdale College on September 29, 2024, during a conference on “Christianity in America.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
November 2024 | Volume 53, Issue 11 Drain the Swamp Larry P. Arnn President, Hillsdale College The following is adapted from remarks delivered on November 19, 2024, at a Hillsdale College reception in San Diego, California. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
OCTOBER 2024 | VOLUME 53, ISSUE 10 Populist Conservatism and Constitutional Order Kevin D. Roberts President, The Heritage Foundation The following is adapted from a talk delivered in Christ Chapel at Hillsdale College on October 23, 2024, as part of the Drummond Lectures in Christ Chapel series. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
SEPTEMBER 2024 | VOLUME 53, ISSUE 9 The Dangers of Price Controls Henry Hazlitt and Brian Wesbury The first issue of Imprimis, published in May 1972, featured an article titled “The Dangers of Price Controls” by Henry Hazlitt. The Federal Reserve back then was printing large amounts of money to fund massive government spending on Great Society programs launched during the presidency of Lyndon Johnson. As a result of printing so much money, the U.S. economy was suffering from rapid inflation. To ...
AUGUST 2024 | VOLUME 53, ISSUE 8 Our Out-of-Control Federal Law Enforcement Agencies Ryan Cleckner Businessman, Attorney, and Author The following is adapted from a talk delivered on July 23, 2024, at Hillsdale College’s Blake Center for Faith and Freedom in Somers, Connecticut. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
APRIL 2005 | VOLUME 34, ISSUE 4 Knowing History and Knowing Who We Are David McCullough Historian The following is adapted from a talk delivered at a Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminar on February 15, 2005, in Phoenix, Arizona. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
JUNE/JULY 2024 | VOLUME 53, ISSUE 6/7 National Conservatism, Freedom Conservatism, and Americanism John Fonte Hudson Institute The following is adapted from a talk delivered on April 18, 2024, at a Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminar in Bellevue, Washington. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
APRIL/MAY 2024 | VOLUME 53, ISSUE 4/5 Sports Should Unify, Not Divide Us Clay Travis The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show The following is adapted from a talk delivered on April 17, 2024, at a Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminar in Bellevue, Washington. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
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.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
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.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
