Xan White
University only obligated to support safe expression

The public outcry over Aliza Shvarts’ senior project focused initially on what her “art” said about abortion. Predictably, anti-choice advocates all over the country (and […]

Toward life, liberty and the promise of safe drugs

The volume of press coverage given lately to D.C. v. Heller, the Guantanamo Bay torture cases and John Yoo’s memo has unsurprisingly allowed more than […]

In face of competition, myopic Democrats fold

The 2008 presidential election was supposed to be a referendum on a divisive commander in chief who led his country into an expensive and bloody […]

Platonic joy in competition for the sake of itself

Last night, the John J. Lee Amphitheater played host to three basketball games: the championship contests for each of Yale’s three levels of intramural men’s […]

Consistent politicians fail to change with times

We tend to value “consistency” in our politicians — often, it seems, for its own sake. Ask Mitt Romney or John Kerry what happens when […]

Clintonian politics may force Obama to deal dirty

Ignore Bill Clinton’s snide comments about fairy tales and improper comparisons of Barack Obama to Jesse Jackson. Barack Obama’s resounding victory in South Carolina virtually […]

Inflated Iowa caucuses force candidates to pander

Every four years, the most successful democracy on planet Earth kicks off its most important election with a quirky, undemocratic semi-event in a small Midwestern […]

Guns, well-regulated, are the right of the People

In last Thursday’s edition of the News, I tried to articulate a meaningful difference between Supreme Court jurisprudence and the human costs of gun violence. […]

Death is human cost of misreading 2nd Amendment

Two weeks ago, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal of a circuit court decision overturning Washington, D.C.’s restrictive gun ban. Three days […]

Democratic candidates unwilling to risk deeper pockets

Remember when the Democrats were that scrappy little party that fought for lower- and middle-class Americans? Howard Dean had that good, old-fashioned populist rhetoric going. […]

Republican party boasts meager front line for ’08

Back in 2000, Sen. John McCain had the audacity to launch a bid for the Republican nomination against George W. Bush. Back then, we didn’t […]