Brad Lipton

Bush must explain why war is our only option

A strange and unexpected thing happened to me last week: I became, reluctantly, opposed to the war with Iraq. Counting myself in the “I-Can’t-Believe-I’m-A-Hawk club” […]

February 17, 2003

BRAD LIPTON

An open letter to our eminent professors

To: Yale professors From: One of your students Dear Profs, As the semester slips into its groove and we roll around to midterms, I’d like […]

October 9, 2002

BRAD LIPTON

A summer of probation and a new view of the drug war

I don’t smoke marijuana, but like many other Yalies, I used to favor the decriminalization of pot and other drugs. The guy in my entryway […]

September 5, 2002

BRAD LIPTON

Tuition hikes OK if shouldered by rich students

No one I know was pleased to hear that Yale was raising tuition for next year by 3.9 percent, least of all my parents. But […]

February 25, 2002