KIRKPATRICK: A free speech absolutist not worth listening to

I hope my directness wasn’t too harsh, but why self-censor? Sticks and stones, am I right?

KIRKPATRICK: The Game needs more rivalries

Yale’s Intramural sports program is one of my favorite single aspects of Yale College. It encapsulates everything that makes Yale great in my eyes: friendly […]

KIRKPATRICK: The Democrats’ Divorce Dilemma

This is what authoritarianism does: political actors in favor of democracy rally together in temporary alliances. But while this has been a marriage of convenience for the Left, it has been a marriage of necessity for the Never-Trump Right. Trump’s outside-in takeover of the Republican Party has left moderate Republicans — and I’m aware of how crazy calling Darth Cheney  “Moderate” sounds — politically homeless, with the Democratic Party and nominees as the only viable path to opposing the authoritarian impulses that have cannibalized the GOP. 

KIRKPATRICK: The GOP’s rot produced Mark Robinson

This is a lesson in candidate selection. Republicans in North Carolina were willing to overlook obvious character deficiencies, a lack of policy experience and the virulent, hateful rhetoric that comes more naturally to Robinson than anything else because he was a Trump-endorsed MAGA Republican. This happens when you get your candidates from the political equivalent of Temu.

KIRKPATRICK: Cross the Aisle

Right now, Yale houses the future of American leadership — it always has. Beyond just the graduates who become big names in government, we also […]

KIRKPATRICK: For the most traditional Political Union Editorial

Before I got to Yale, I spent a little too much time sifting through old Yale Daily News articles. I noticed a recurring column published […]

KIRKPATRICK: Sharing Blackness

In high school, I was one of four Black students in my grade. There wasn’t much of a black unity between us; the school was […]