Yishai Schwartz
SCHWARTZ: Enough with leadership

American society, and Yale in particular, has a leadership fetish. Republican candidates regularly bash the president for his failure to show leadership (whatever that means), […]

SCHWARTZ: Writers need shame

On Friday, Mostafa al-Alusi and Faisal Hamid (“Fighting Islamophobia at Yale,” Feb. 17) argued that criticism and suspicion by security officials and politicians has been […]

SCHWARTZ: Freedom in the modern state

The political brouhaha over a government mandate for coverage of contraception continues. On Friday, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops rejected President Obama’s compromise […]

SCHWARTZ: Masters and role models

Yesterday morning, Pierson Master Harvey Goldblatt sent an email to the students of his college explaining his decision to host controversial Harvard Professor Harvey Mansfield […]

SCHWARTZ: Separating service and politics

“Social justice” is an increasingly popular yet disturbingly slippery term. The phrase serves as a rallying cry for a diverse collection of groups; soup kitchens, […]

SCHWARTZ: Keeping academia substantive

A few days ago, I joined a group of Yale students and professors for a visit to the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibition in Times Square. […]

SCHWARTZ: Good idea, bad report

This past Monday, the Yale College Council released its “Proposal for the Expansion of Gender Neutral Housing.” Unsurprisingly, the YCC continued its strong advocacy for […]

SCHWARTZ: Contemplate the Christmas trees

Although the weather seems determined to ignore the calendar, Christmas is around the corner. The commercially-decreed holiday season began weeks ago, and in the last […]

SCHWARTZ: Privilege and obligation

A group of Harvard students have already drawn criticism for designing and selling Harvard-Yale game pinnies which read “#Occupy Yale” and “WE ARE THE 6%.” […]

SCHWARTZ: Hold on to the substance

Now that the dust has cleared from New Haven’s over-hyped aldermanic races, it is likely that activist energy will subside and political engagement will dissipate. […]

SCHWARTZ: End the election madness

Many readers of this paper probably did not notice when the masthead changed about four weeks ago. The News continues to be published largely as […]