Michael Zimmer
MICHAEL ZIMMER
Senior Columnist: Michael Zimmer

A real man does not cry. So when I collapse into explosive, blubbering bursts of snotty soul-anguish periodically over the next few days, I am […]

April 25, 2001

MICHAEL ZIMMER
Quelching some rumors, propagating others

Yes children, the end has finally arrived for me. You are witnesses to the last Yale Daily News column that the Fifth Columnist will ever […]

April 12, 2001

MICHAEL ZIMMER
Pooping on speech at Brown, where the ugly people reign

I think the funniest part of the controversy at Ugly Kid School (referred to by some partisans as “Brown University”) involving the David Horowitz ad […]

March 29, 2001

MICHAEL ZIMMER
Analysis of today’s big issues: Vegans, placentas

The problem with being the most influential newspaperman of my generation is that I have to be very choosy about my column topics. Sure, I […]

March 1, 2001

MICHAEL ZIMMER
Exploiting the human psyche for McNuggets and profit

Last week, my introductory psychology class read a book called “Remembering Satan” by Lawrence Wright. I read it too. I mention that not just to […]

February 15, 2001