ZACHARY CLIFTON
On the 60th anniversary of “Take Ivy”

On Sept. 30, 1965, a Tokyo magazine publisher released a book about the fashion at eight American college campuses. The book is “Take Ivy.” The […]

October 10, 2025

Zachary Clifton
ZACHARY CLIFTON
CLIFTON: Answering Yale’s million-dollar question

The truth, as always, is more complicated than the Yale Endowment Justice Collective’s initial claim — but not necessarily less troubling. Yale claims to educate, to pursue light and truth. Yet there is no light shed or truth told by channeling a million dollars to support foreign soldiers.

September 23, 2025

ZACHARY CLIFTON
A rich summer

In Deià, the yachts are bigger, the suites are $5,000 a night, and The Fountainhead is still the billionaire’s beach read.

September 5, 2025

ZACHARY CLIFTON
A blossoming orchid

Orchids have taught me to give something a purpose, however fragile, rather than drifting through spaces and decisions without one.

August 29, 2025

ZACHARY CLIFTON
The seventeen hundred hats of Yale College

On the third Sunday in May, Old Campus will be filled with purgatorial undergraduates, straddling the line between Yale and the rest of the world.

May 17, 2025

ZACHARY CLIFTON
Welcome to “The White Lotus”

San Domenico Palace, a five-star luxury hotel in Taormina, Italy, served as the backdrop for Season 2 of HBO’s 15-time Emmy-winning “The White Lotus.” The […]

April 19, 2025

Jessai Flores
ZACHARY CLIFTON
CLIFTON: Maurie McInnis and her Little Red Tesla

President McInnis: consider selling your Tesla and taking a firmer stance against the White House's attacks on universities.

April 7, 2025

ZACHARY CLIFTON
CLIFTON: Can the real JD Vance please stand up?

What is most shameful is not Vice President Vance’s successful exploitation of my home and my university — rather, it is what he has done with the acclaim.

February 11, 2025