Ashley Bloemhof

Student Editor and Writer

United States of America

Portfolio
The American Conservative
03/11/2016
CPAC on Marriage in the Shadow of Obergefell

The Conservative Political Action Conference once again took up the subject of same-sex marriage last week, with one big change to the political landscape: this time the discussion took place under the shadow of Obergefell v. .

WORLD News Group
05/28/2016
Empty nests are an endangered cultural phenomenon

Ross Van Groningen struggled to land a job right out of college. The 23-year-old graduated from Dordt College last year and headed to his hometown of Ripon, Calif., to find a job. With a business major, he thought he'd be fine. "I feel like I was decently marketable," he said.

Dordt Diamond
11/04/2016
The True Face of Human Trafficking: It Takes All Forms

Brown eyes blink slowly behind thick, dark lashes. He smiles. His words drip with a sticky sweetness. Ramon is a charmer, he's the object of a teenage girl's dream and he's talking to your daughter. Youthful exchanges often appear as nothing more than a harmless game of teenage bliss, with the only...

Dordt Diamond
02/07/2017
RIP, Humanities?

In his book "Why Read?" author Mark Edmundson reacts to a reality that began to pervade our generation right about the time that the iPhone 4 first came out: students are zombies in the classroom. And we could care less. For many students, there is no fire in their bellies,...

in All things
02/04/2017
Directing Your Praise

ver Christmas break, Dordt College's Concert Choir traversed the tundra in North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Manitoba, and Ontario to perform seven concerts in seven churches. Every night, fifty-two voices joined together, singing songs written as a testament to God's display of righteousness, faithfulness, and mercy in all seasons of life.