Laura Hollis

Laura Hirschfeld Hollis is a native of Champaign, Illinois. She received her undergraduate degree in English and her law degree from the University of Notre Dame. Hollis' career as an attorney has spanned 28 years, the past 23 of which have been in higher education. She has taught law at the graduate and undergraduate levels, and has nearly 15 years' experience in the development and delivery of entrepreneurship courses, seminars and workshops for multiple audiences. Her scholarly interests include entrepreneurship and public policy, economic development, technology commercialization and general business law. In addition to her legal publications, Hollis has been a freelance political writer since 1993, writing for The Detroit News, HOUR Detroit magazine, Townhall.com and the Christian Post, on matters of politics and culture. She is a frequent public speaker. Hollis has received numerous awards for her teaching, research, community service and contributions to entrepreneurship education. She is married to Jess Hollis, a musician, voiceover artist and audio engineer, and they live in Indiana with their two children, Alistair and Celeste.

A Few Unpopular Observations

It's been a busy week news-wise. Here are a few of my observations (not likely to be popular) on some…

2 weeks ago

Can We Stop the Slide Into Socialism?

This week has brought more news that contains powerful warnings about the trajectory of the country. First, the U.S. Supreme…

3 weeks ago

World Cup Visitors Get It; The Pope and Socialists Don’t

Several things have taken place over the past week that shore up the importance of understanding what has truly made…

4 weeks ago

Who’ll Stop the Fraud?

Long after Election Day, the ballots comin' down No IDs or postmarks wherever they are found The laws make cheating…

1 month ago

Time to Clean Up California’s Election Laws — and Others

In the leadup to the country's 250th birthday celebration, America has been riveted by two elections in the state of…

2 months ago

Advice for Ken Paxton

Now that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has roundly defeated incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in the Republican runoff primary for…

2 months ago

What ‘Compassion’ Isn’t

One of the most frustrating aspects of contemporary conversations about politics and public policy is how often the deleterious effects…

2 months ago

Why the Nevada State Treasurer Race Matters

It's challenging enough to pay attention to political races in our home states, much less those in other states. But…

2 months ago

Some Observations at This Point in the Election Cycle

There are six months left before the midterm elections. Here are a few observations about the current state of things:…

2 months ago

Our Politicians Hate Us

There simply is no other explanation for it. Not ignorance, not well-intentioned stupidity, not misguided but honest mistakes. No one…

3 months ago

My Advice to (Young) Women

Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), who was — until a few days ago — running for governor of California, has had…

3 months ago

Will Republicans Lose the Midterms?

On one of his recent shows, Bill Maher stated (and later posted on X), "Democrats are not going to win…

3 months ago

Better Rude and Truthful Than Smooth and Deceitful

Former FBI Director Robert Mueller died on March 20. This is what former President Barack Obama said in a post…

4 months ago

They’re Not Really After ‘the Rich’

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani claims that the city budget has a $5.4 billion shortfall, and one of the…

4 months ago

The Religious, the Secular and the Truth

The University of Notre Dame generated plenty of headlines recently — most of them critical — when it named political…

4 months ago