Imprimis Explained

Imprimis
Editor:Douglas A. Jeffrey
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Frequency:monthly
Format:online and print
Publisher:Center for Constructive Alternatives, Hillsdale College
Paid Circulation:Free
Total Circulation:6,000,000+ readers
Founded:1972 [1976]
Based:Hillsdale, Michigan
Website:https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/
Issn:0277-8432
Oclc:939819107

Imprimis is the monthly speech digest of Hillsdale College, published by the Center for Constructive Alternatives. Salon.com described it as "the most influential conservative publication you've never heard of."[1] Its name is Latin, meaning both 'in the first place' and the second person singular of the verb to print.

History

Imprimis was founded in 1972 by Clark Durant and George Roche III[2] as a free alumni service.[3] Lew Rockwell was an early editor. Hillsdale's then-President George Roche III initially sent 1,000 issues to "friends of the College."[4] The publication improved Hillsdale's name recognition and did "wonders for out-of-state enrollment" as its circulation "ballooned."[3] By the 1980s, Imprimis and Hillsdale were "closely associated with intellectual ferment on the right".[5]

Imprimis circulation has grown to 5.5 million as of 2021. It is a free publication but encourages donations. Distribution is no longer limited to alumni.

Imprimis content consists almost entirely of edited transcripts of speeches delivered by conservative movement leaders at Hillsdale-sponsored events.[1]

In 1991, the dean at Boston University, H. Joachim Maitre, was accused of plagiarizing an Imprimis article by Michael Medved in a commencement address, which led to Maitre's resignation.[6] [7]

Contributors to Imprimis have included Jeb Bush,[8] [9] Ward Connerly,[10] [11] [12] Dinesh D'Souza,[13] [14] Milton Friedman,[15] Victor Davis Hanson,[16] Jack Kemp,[17] [18] Irving Kristol,[19] Rush Limbaugh,[20] Bjorn Lomborg,[21] David McCullough,[22] [23] Richard John Neuhaus,[24] Sarah Palin,[25] Ronald Reagan,[26] Jason L. Riley,[27] Margaret Thatcher,[28] [29] Clarence Thomas,[30] [31] [32] and Tom Wolfe.[33]

Reception

Imprimis has been praised by conservatives. For instance, Walter E. Williams wrote that Imprimis is "Hillsdale's way of sharing the ideas of the many distinguished speakers invited to their campus. And, I might add, Hillsdale College is one of the few colleges where students get a true liberal arts education, absent the nonsense seen on many campuses."[34]

In contrast, Mark W. Powell, writing in the Toledo Blade, criticized Imprimis for eschewing fact-checking and failing to issue editorial corrections, which he described as part of a pattern of "cavalierism with facts to drive political points."[35] Jordan Smith of Salon offered similar criticisms, citing a piece by Republican representative Paul Ryan that he said repeated a "widely discredited assertion" regarding health care rationing under Obama's health insurance reforms.[1] Kevin D. Williamson at National Review argued that speech transcripts ordinarily aren't fact-checked or verified for the truth of their claims.[36]

Notes and References

  1. News: Smith. Jordan. 2010-05-13. The most influential conservative publication you've never heard of. Salon.com. dead. 2010-05-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20100517100442/http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2010/05/13/imprimis_influential_conservative_publication. 2010-05-17.
  2. Web site: Q&A with Larry Arnn . C-span.org. 25 December 2021.
  3. News: Beyond the Wall Pennant: New, Improved Ways To Keep School Ties Strong – and Alumni Writing Checks . Elaine Underwood . Brandweek . 1991-11-11 .
  4. News: Imprimis . Daniel J. Williams . Hillsdale Collegian . 2008-04-10 . 2010-05-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090223193718/http://media.www.hillsdalecollegian.com/media/storage/paper1270/news/2008/04/10/News/Imprimus-3316940.shtml . 2009-02-23 .
  5. News: Morgan. Bob. January 4, 1981. Conservatives: A Well-Financed Network. The Washington Post.
  6. News: For Dean at Boston U., a Question of Plagiarism . Fox Butterfield . The New York Times . 1991-07-03 . 2010-05-13 .
  7. News: Boston Dean Quits In Plagiarism Case . Mary B. W. Tabor . The New York Times . 1991-07-13 . 2010-05-13 .
  8. Web site: Virtue and the Free Society . Jeb Bush . April 1997 . Imprimis . Hillsdale College . 2011-03-14.
  9. Web site: Deinventing Government . Jeb Bush . June 1995 . Imprimis . Hillsdale College . 2011-03-14.
  10. Web site: Warriors of Freedom . Ward Connerly . August 2001 . Imprimis . Hillsdale College . 2011-03-14.
  11. Web site: The Content of Our Children's Character . Ward Connerly . February 2000 . Imprimis . Hillsdale College . 2011-03-14.
  12. Web site: Back to Equality . Ward Connerly . February 1998 . Imprimis . Hillsdale College . 2011-03-14.
  13. Web site: Created Equal: How Christianity Shaped the West . Dinesh D'Souza . November 2008 . Imprimis . Hillsdale College . 2011-03-14.
  14. Web site: Multiculturalism: Fact or Threat? . Dinesh D'Souza . September 2001 . Imprimis . Hillsdale College . 2011-03-14.
  15. Web site: Free to Choose: A Conversation with Milton Friedman . Milton Friedman . July 2006 . Imprimis . Hillsdale College . 2011-03-14.
  16. Victor Davis Hanson. Victor Davis Hanson. Imperialism: Lessons From History . Imprimis . July–August 2023 . 52 . 7/8 . 1-6 . .
  17. Web site: Rules to Live by on and off the Playing Field . Jack Kemp . July 1998 . Imprimis . Hillsdale College . 2011-03-14.
  18. Web site: A Cultural Renaissance . Jack Kemp . August 1994 . Imprimis . Hillsdale College . 2011-03-14.
  19. Web site: Utopianism, Ancient and Modern . Irving Kristol . April 1973 . Imprimis . Hillsdale College . 2011-03-14.
  20. Web site: Do Conservatives Need to Get Beyond Reagan? . Rush Limbaugh . January 2009 . Imprimis . Hillsdale College . 2011-03-14.
  21. Bjorn. Lomborg. Bjorn Lomborg. Thinking Smartly About Climate Change . . April–May 2023 . 52 . 4/5 . 1–7 . . . 0277-8432.
  22. Web site: A Man Worth Knowing . David McCullough . May 2006 . Imprimis . Hillsdale College . 2011-03-14.
  23. Web site: Knowing History and Knowing Who We Are . David McCullough . April 2005 . Imprimis . Hillsdale College . 2011-03-14.
  24. Web site: Moral Leadership in Post-Secular America . Richard John Neuhaus . July 1982 . Imprimis . Hillsdale College . 2011-03-14.
  25. Web site: Alaska's Promise of the Nation . Sarah Palin . September 2008 . Imprimis . Hillsdale College . 2011-03-14.
  26. Web site: Whatever Happened to Free Enterprise? . Ronald Reagan . January 1978 . Imprimis . Hillsdale College . 2011-03-14.
  27. Riley . Jason L. . The Continuing Importance of Thomas Sowell . Imprimis . March 2022 . 51 . 3 . 1–7 . 11 April 2022 . Hillsdale College . 0277-8432.
  28. Web site: All Beginnings are Hopeful: Challenges Facing the 21st Century . Margaret Thatcher . April 2001 . Imprimis . Hillsdale College . 2011-03-14.
  29. Web site: The Moral Foundations of Society . Margaret Thatcher . March 1995 . Imprimis . Hillsdale College . 2011-03-14.
  30. Web site: A Conversation with Justice Clarence Thomas . Clarence Thomas . October 2007 . Imprimis . Hillsdale College . 2011-03-14.
  31. Web site: Never Give In . Clarence Thomas . November 2000 . Imprimis . Hillsdale College . 2011-03-14.
  32. Web site: Education: The Second Door to Freedom . Clarence Thomas . June 1994 . Imprimis . Hillsdale College . 2011-03-14.
  33. Web site: Idea Fashions of the Eighties: After Marx, What? . Tom Wolfe . January 1984 . Imprimis . Hillsdale College . 2011-03-14.
  34. News: Property rights . Walter E. Williams . Townhall.com . 2007-01-31 . 2010-05-13 .
  35. News: Hillsdale disappoints in competence, conduct . Mark W. Powell . The Toledo Blade . 2010-04-18 . 2010-05-13 .
  36. News: Exciting New Developments in Conservative Anthropology . Kevin D. Williamson . National Review . 2010-05-26 . 2010-06-09 .

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