OPINION
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Wiretap case spotlighted blame-game hypocrisy

It was the summer of many discontents. It began with the Hamdan ruling, an angry Supreme Court attacking the president’s interpretation of separation of powers […]

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Conflicting clash styles fuel Mideast war

I knew Israel was in real trouble this summer when I read in The New York Times that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said on television: […]

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Full debate must precede development

Of all the moves Yale made this summer, from the Corporation boardroom to the dining halls, by far the canniest coup was the University’s act […]

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Artist’s Alley

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Don’t let political realities stifle idealism

The Class of 2010 has swept onto campus, their boxes, bags and anxious parents in tow. If history is any judge, they will bring to […]

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‘Snakes’ couldn’t bite after too much hype

The big Hollywood story this week is the underperformance of New Line Cinema’s “Snakes on a Plane.” After months of wild Internet hoopla, the kitschy […]

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Abroad, Americans act as emissaries

Most Americans traveling abroad understand that they are held to a high standard of behavior, which means leaving the hometown shenanigans at home — after […]

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Camp Yale eases students (back) to school

Amid all the promotional forms and preparatory booklets stamped with New Haven postmarks each summer, the words “Camp Yale” remain difficult to find. Sifting through […]

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To make the GPA useful, standardize it

As the semester ends, we oppressed teaching fellows get a chance to pull ourselves up out of proletarian squalor and participate in the most dysfunctional […]

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Under media glare, politics can quickly become public

For most Yalies, the name Chesa Boudin ’03 is not likely to ring a bell. He is the son of Kathy Boudin and David Gilbert, […]

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Artist’s Alley

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