Green Shoots Awards, First Nominees

It's so easy to whine--OldSouth has certainly done his share!

It's more productive to look this decayed culture in the eye and say, 'One way or another, by God, I intend to push back!'

So, OldSouth has decided to announce his annual Green Shoots awards, honoring those who push back by being themselves.

Today's two candidates:

Cranmer is always worth reading, and the article linked here is an especially insightful about the value of education, and how it might best be made available to more.

Imprimis is a semi-monthly publication mailed to more than 1,700,000 readers by free subscription.

It publishes from Hillsdale College, a small liberal arts college in southern Michigan that in itself wins OldSouth's 'GreenShoots' award.

Its graduating class of 2008 (258 students) reports a 96% placement rate in either employment or grad school.

That's 2008.

In Michigan.

And the next obvious question is:

Why hasn't a task force of educationists undertaken a pilgrimage to Hillsdale in hopes of learning how to emulate that sort of success? Fly to Cleveland, rent a car, and follow the faculty around for a month. How hard can it be?

As you read Imprimis, the reason becomes clear:
Hillsdale will not subscribe to any portion of liberal-think, and they don't care who objects.

OldSouth looks forward to every edition that arrives in his mailbox, the old-fashioned way, so he can read it, handle it, re-read it, and keep it on his coffee table.

You can subscribe by calling 800-437-2268.

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The floor is open for nominations. OldSouth will name a winner at year's end, and think of some creative way to honor the top three contenders.

Push back.