Harry Graver
GRAVER: We have no clue

In case you forgot, there is an election today. For many of us, this will be the first time we cast a ballot for the […]

GRAVER: Embrace incivility

Last week’s presidential debate certainly hit its low point when Governor Romney turned to President Obama and said, “I predict, sir, that you will die […]

GRAVER: Great man or good man?

“He’s not inspiring.” This is the conventional wisdom surrounding Gov. Mitt Romney. Even after last Wednesday, this remains, by wide regard, Romney’s fatal flaw. He […]

GRAVER: Tailgate Village’s dark side

I wonder what would happen if someone unfamiliar with American football were asked to speculate on what a “Student Tailgate Village” might be. Perhaps it’s […]

GRAVER: Baseball and bluebooking

Over the summer, while watching baseball one night, I began to think it would be kind of great if professors were more like baseball players. […]

GRAVER: April at Yale

For those who did not catch it, Tupac returned this weekend at Coachella. Brought back to the stage via the work of James Cameron’s company […]

GRAVER: Service, not politics

Last week, Yale announced that the class of 2016 had an acceptance rate of only 6.8 percent. In such an astonishingly competitive year, I can […]

GRAVER: Batman, hero from the one percent

Along with a good number of American males, ages 18-34, I went to see “Project X” over spring break. Although it was an experience I […]

GRAVER: Church and state in conflict

Imagine yourself as an Orthodox Jewish owner of a local kosher delicatessen. Things are going well until, one day, for whatever reason, the government passes […]

GRAVER: Happy birthday, President Reagan

The last week has seen its share of particularly biting partisanship among undergraduates. Some of the most prominent have been the protests at the Harvey […]

GRAVER: Learning to lead

On Tuesday, President Barack Obama and the administration of Student Leadership Training shared a very special thing: a flat audience. The president quipped about “spilled […]