Last week, The North Wind published an editorial, titled “Are Students Getting the Short End of the Stick?” This struck me as lacking careful consideration or curious compassion. I can hardly think...

Over the course of his lifetime, Bernie Sanders has had approximately $400 million dollars donated to his political campaigns. 55%, or about $220 million, of his contributions are $200 or less, another...

Alcohol is rife with hazards. Drinking alone is a well-known sign of a problem, and heavy-drinking is the cause of several crippling diseases. It’s a sad truth that more than half of alcohol sales are...

Socrates, “I know that I know nothing.” Confucius, “When you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it; this is knowledge.” It’s a lesson taught throughout history and around the...

The individual freedoms protected in this nation are our most cherished cultural heritage. From John Locke’s “A Letter Concerning Toleration” to Thomas Paine’s “Rights of Man,” the appropriate...

Whether or not you will drop out is a coin toss—about half of NMU students drop out. The graduation rates here aren’t outside the norm for a “four-year” institution (which is a bit of a joke, as...

There is an overt anti-capitalist sentiment growing in the political left. This sentiment is strongest in universities particularly, where the left-wing undeniably constitutes a majority. Mainstream...