Hillsdale College's Monthly Publication Imprimis. Imprimis, which in Latin means "in the first place," is Hillsdale's national speech digest. It publishes presentations delivered at the College's many seminar and lecture programs. Begun in 1972 with a circulation of 1,000, it now reaches over 1.7 million readers monthly, the largest thing of its kind. Imprimis promotes the principles of individual rights, limited government, free market economics, personal responsibility and strong national defense. 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It comes at no cost to anyone who wishes to receive it, as part of Hillsdale's commitment to "pursuing truth and defending liberty." OutloudOpinion and Hillsdale College OutloudOpinion webmaster@outloudopinion.com News, Politics, Culuture, Editorial, Opinion, Issues no no OutloudOpinion and Hillsdale College http://www.outloudopinion.com/images-new/imprimis-header2.gif http://www.outloudopinion.com 286 120 SOMEONE once said that before there was the New Deal, there was the Wisconsin Deal. In my home state, the University of Wisconsin was an early hotbed of progressivism, whose goal was to reorder society along lines other than those of the Constitution. The best known Wisconsin progressive in American politics was Robert LaFollette. “Fighting Bob,” as he was called, was a Republican—as was Theodore Roosevelt, another early progressive. Today we tend to associate progressivism mostly with Democrats, and trace it back to Woodrow Wilson. But it had its roots in both parties. The social and political programs of the progressives came in on two great waves: the New Deal of the 1930s and the Great Society of the 1960s. Today, President Obama often invokes progressivism and hopes to generate its third great wave of public policy. In thinking about what this would mean, we need look no farther than the health care reform program he is promoting along with the leadership in Congress. Brought to you by OutloudOpinion.com http://media.blubrry.com/outloudopinion/media.libsyn.com/media/outloudopinion/0201-03-03-Imprimis-PaulRyan.mp3 B63D4D9A-C79A-4657-989E-FDAA732BBBB9 Mon, 8 Mar 2010 09:49:47 -0500 SOMEONE once said that before there was the New Deal, there was the Wisconsin Deal. SOMEONE once said that before there was the New Deal, there was the Wisconsin Deal. In my home state, the University of Wisconsin was an early hotbed of progressivism, whose goal was to reorder society along lines other than those of the Constitution. The best known Wisconsin progressive in American politics was Robert LaFollette. “Fighting Bob,” as he was called, was a Republican—as was Theodore Roosevelt, another early progressive. Today we tend to associate progressivism mostly with Democrats, and trace it back to Woodrow Wilson. But it had its roots in both parties. The social and political programs of the progressives came in on two great waves: the New Deal of the 1930s and the Great Society of the 1960s. Today, President Obama often invokes progressivism and hopes to generate its third great wave of public policy. In thinking about what this would mean, we need look no farther than the health care reform program he is promoting along with the leadership in Congress. 25:00 Imprimis Hillsdale, Hillsdale College, Imprimis, OutloudOpinion no no Hilldale College and OutloudOpinion I have been asked to talk today about education and economic development. The standard thing to say on this topic is that the former is vital to the latter. We live in the modern world, so we all have to be highly informed and highly skilled and understand the power of modern science. It is a task of the very first importance to train a workforce that will be able to compete in the global marketplace. That is the standard thing to say, and we hear it said often by education bureaucrats from the federal level on down. And of course it is perfectly true, as far as it goes. But there is more to be said. <br /> Brought to you by OutloudOpinion.com http://media.blubrry.com/outloudopinion/media.libsyn.com/media/outloudopinion/Imprimis_Dec_2009.mp3 7A5EEE99-8793-4A36-BEAE-7B31BDEBE5CA Mon, 7 Dec 2009 16:17:34 -0500 I have been asked to talk today about education and economic development. I have been asked to talk today about education and economic development. The standard thing to say on this topic is that the former is vital to the latter. We live in the modern world, so we all have to be highly informed and highly skilled and understand the power of modern science. It is a task of the very first importance to train a workforce that will be able to compete in the global marketplace. That is the standard thing to say, and we hear it said often by education bureaucrats from the federal level on down. And of course it is perfectly true, as far as it goes. But there is more to be said. 25:00 Imprimis Hillsdale, Hillsdale College, Imprimis, OutloudOpinion no no Hilldale College and OutloudOpinion I want to talk about the Western way of war and about the particular challenges that face the West today. But the first point I want to make is that war is a human enterprise that will always be with us. Unless we submit to genetic engineering, or unless video games have somehow reprogrammed our brains, or unless we are fundamentally changed by eating different nutrients—these are possibilities brought up by so-called peace and conflict resolution theorists—human nature will not change. And if human nature will not change—and I submit to you that human nature is a constant—then war will always be with us. Its methods or delivery systems—which can be traced through time from clubs to catapults and from flintlocks to nuclear weapons—will of course change. In this sense war is like water. You can pump water at 60 gallons per minute with a small gasoline engine or at 5000 gallons per minute with a gigantic turbine pump. But water is water—the same today as in 1880 or 500 B.C. Likewise war, because the essence of war is human nature. <br /> Brought to you by OutloudOpinion.com http://media.blubrry.com/outloudopinion/media.libsyn.com/media/outloudopinion/Imprimis_Nov_2009.mp3 4E3ABB4E-16F8-4F0E-92AF-A8F962A653B5 Mon, 7 Dec 2009 13:32:50 -0500 I want to talk about the Western way of war and about the particular challenges that face the West today. I want to talk about the Western way of war and about the particular challenges that face the West today. But the first point I want to make is that war is a human enterprise that will always be with us. Unless we submit to genetic engineering, or unless video games have somehow reprogrammed our brains, or unless we are fundamentally changed by eating different nutrients—these are possibilities brought up by so-called peace and conflict resolution theorists—human nature will not change. And if human nature will not change—and I submit to you that human nature is a constant—then war will always be with us. Its methods or delivery systems—which can be traced through time from clubs to catapults and from flintlocks to nuclear weapons—will of course change. In this sense war is like water. You can pump water at 60 gallons per minute with a small gasoline engine or at 5000 gallons per minute with a gigantic turbine pump. But water is water—the same today as in 1880 or 500 B.C. Likewise war, because the essence of war is human nature. 25:00 Imprimis Hillsdale, Hillsdale College, Imprimis, OutloudOpinion no no Hilldale College and OutloudOpinion I think it is important, on the eighth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, to take a look at our foreign policy and to judge whether or not we’re on a path to becoming safer. In doing so, we should not be intimidated by those who say that criticism of foreign policy—criticism that suggests we’re less safe as a consequence of certain policies—is somehow disloyal or hyper-partisan. It is the essence of political debate over foreign policy to judge whether the interests of the United States are being protected and advanced. If we believe they are not, it is our responsibility to speak out. <br /> Brought to you by OutloudOpinion.com http://media.blubrry.com/outloudopinion/media.libsyn.com/media/outloudopinion/Imprimis_October_2009.mp3 A3CF70F3-D8DC-44A1-B48E-2902DAB1C3BB Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:44:42 -0400 I think it is important, on the eighth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, to take a look at our foreign policy and to judge whether or not we’re on a path to becoming safer. I think it is important, on the eighth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, to take a look at our foreign policy and to judge whether or not we’re on a path to becoming safer. In doing so, we should not be intimidated by those who say that criticism of foreign policy—criticism that suggests we’re less safe as a consequence of certain policies—is somehow disloyal or hyper-partisan. It is the essence of political debate over foreign policy to judge whether the interests of the United States are being protected and advanced. If we believe they are not, it is our responsibility to speak out. 25:00 Imprimis Hillsdale, Hillsdale College, Imprimis, OutloudOpinion no no Hilldale College and OutloudOpinion Future Prospects for Economic Liberty by Walter Williams <br /> Brought to you by OutloudOpinion.com http://media.blubrry.com/outloudopinion/media.libsyn.com/media/outloudopinion/Imprimis_Sept_2009.mp3 53C68BB5-8C93-44E7-9D03-692514970622 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:19:16 -0400 Future Prospects for Economic Liberty by Walter Williams Future Prospects for Economic Liberty by Walter Williams 25:00 Imprimis Hillsdale, Hillsdale College, Imprimis, OutloudOpinion no no Hilldale College and OutloudOpinion The Constitution and American Sovereignty by Jeremy Rabkin <br /> Brought to you by OutloudOpinion.com http://media.blubrry.com/outloudopinion/media.libsyn.com/media/outloudopinion/Imprimis_July-Aug_2009a.mp3 138D0905-F36C-4ADE-91C7-A0ADF8F9593B Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:36:01 -0400 The Constitution and American Sovereignty by Jeremy Rabkin The Constitution and American Sovereignty by Jeremy Rabkin 25:00 Imprimis Hillsdale, Hillsdale College, Imprimis, OutloudOpinion no no "Alll Honor to Jefferson" by Jean Yarbrough and "Hero, Standing" by Allen Guelzo <br /> Brought to you by OutloudOpinion.com http://media.blubrry.com/outloudopinion/media.libsyn.com/media/outloudopinion/Imprimis_MayJune_2009.mp3 45DA1C05-E813-49B4-8FDC-E93819054E2C Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:22:12 -0400 "Alll Honor to Jefferson" by Jean Yarbrough and "Hero, Standing" by Allen Guelzo "Alll Honor to Jefferson" by Jean Yarbrough and "Hero, Standing" by Allen Guelzo 25:00 Imprimis Hillsdale, Hillsdale College, Imprimis, OutloudOpinion no no OutloudOpinion and Hillsdale College