GUEST COLUMN
ROGER LOW
Are we paying too much for books?

In spy movies, most transactions seem to involve suitcases stuffed with money. It’s almost a requirement of the genre; at some point, the deal goes […]

September 21, 2004

MICHAEL ZANG
U.S. and Russia should both be concerned with executive power

In the shadow of a series of endless crises in Russia, the Kremlin has signaled a radical restructuring of the nation’s political system that recalls […]

September 21, 2004

PETER HAMILTON
Normal relations would help reach U.S. goals

Breaking relations with a country is an absurd concept. The United States disagrees with Communist dictator Fidel Castro — so we pretend the entire nation […]

September 20, 2004

ALI FRICK
Is war on terror an immoral quagmire?

During the last month, particularly at their convention, the Republicans have been doing their best to convince the world that the War on Terror is […]

September 20, 2004

JASON SCLAR
Get Out the Vote has chance to defeat Bush

Right now, Washington, D.C., is whipped into a frenzy over the upcoming presidential election. After every new poll, one side seems ready to declare victory. […]

September 20, 2004

MATTHEW WANSLEY
University should improve shopping period

One of the hardest lessons I have learned at Yale is that it is simply not possible to make all of one’s course decisions two […]

September 17, 2004

ARPIT GARG
College ranking stats don’t tell whole story

In the “Best Colleges 2005” issue by U.S. News & World Report released August 30, Yale University finds itself again third, following a curious tie […]

September 16, 2004

CHRISTIAN BAILEY
Is freedom all it takes to qualify as great nation?

Reading George Bush’s description of America as the greatest nation on the earth from the Republican National Convention, I was reminded of Olympic sprinter Maurice […]

September 16, 2004

AL JIWA
‘Republican’ does not have to be a dirty word

Apparently, the best way to end a dinner conversation prematurely is to announce your political beliefs. Perhaps I was expecting too much; as I mouthed […]

September 16, 2004

JONATHAN MENITOVE
Nader’s presidential candidacy is break from career of public service

Last Friday, Sept. 10, independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader received quite a bit of ink in the morning’s newspapers. The New York Times disclosed that […]

September 15, 2004

JASON FARAGO
Get ready to pay $20 for MoMA

Before the end of the month, get out to Queens to the Museum of Modern Art’s temporary home. You will get to see a retrospective […]

September 15, 2004