Yishai Schwartz
SCHWARTZ: Our annual nightmare

Halloween on campus is probably the single most distasteful annual occurrence at Yale. In the next two days, students will receive emails from Deans and […]

SCHWARTZ: When heroes fall

When the International Cycling Union decided to uphold the sanctions against Lance Armstrong yesterday, it did not simply revoke his seven Tour de France titles. […]

SCHWARTZ: Acting affirmatively

Last Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Fisher v. University of Texas, the latest major legal challenge to race-based affirmative action programs. […]

SCHWARTZ: Rebels without a cause

“It’s the principle of the thing!” This is the last defense of the person who insists on feeling aggrieved even though he knows no one […]

SCHWARTZ: Promises not to make

Promises are dangerous things. Ill-conceived promises may bind our hands before unforeseen events. This past year, many of us watched horrified as the United States […]

SCHWARTZ: Politicizing Yale’s next president

In the last few days, students’ Facebook threads have been littered with links to a website, progresslab.org, run by a group of students and alumni […]

SCHWARTZ: In Hartford, incoherence on the death penalty

The Connecticut House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to repeal the state’s death penalty. Governor Dannel Malloy, who pledged to support the repeal, is expected […]

SCHWARTZ: Take responsibility

Some of my most vivid memories from my time as a small child are from my family’s Passover Seders. I remember falling asleep to the […]

SCHWARTZ: Admissions and empty pride

The front page of last Friday’s News trumpeted “Admit rate hits all-time low.” A year ago, the News’ front-page headline blared “Class of 2015 admit […]

SCHWARTZ: More than a wrinkle in time

Last Saturday night, Ezra and Maayan announced their engagement. They’re close friends of mine, completing their second and third years of college. On the first […]

SCHWARTZ: In Iran, prepare for the worst

We return from break at a dangerous time for the United States and for the world. Iran’s internal politics are murky and unstable, and our […]