GUEST COLUMN
Savings Bank changes merit students’ attention

Some issues resonate across the political spectrum — particularly, it seems, issues of local economics.ÊTake, for instance, New Haven Savings Bank and its proposal to […]

For Class Day, Havel fits our unstable world

My roommate has begun to read the New York Times as a portent of a coming apocalypse. Reading the newspaper’s continual description of tragedy and […]

Ward 1 needs consensus-builder

Many thanks to both Ben Healey and Dan Kruger for providing us with a lively election, the first in many years, for the Ward 1 […]

JAG suit is step in fight for rights

In 1954, the Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. Central High School in Little […]

Recall puts Calif. in play in 2004

There is more to California’s recall election than meets the eye. Personally, I was deeply perturbed by the result. Yes, I was dismayed that the […]

A stable Iraq requires U.S. aid

Last semester, I annoyed friends and passersby by waving anti-war petitions in their faces. But lately, I realized that I agree with Bush on some […]

Scandal accusations divert attention and hinder leaders

Bill Clinton was president for eight years, and during that time scarcely a day went by when he was not savagely attacked by the far […]

Calif. failed to recall Davis’ record

The untold story behind the California recall is that Californians have been tricked into thinking they have a terrible governor. The lackluster news media, juggling […]

The 25 years of John Paul II merit reflection

Last Thursday, in a ceremony timed to coincide with the moment of his election 25 years earlier, Pope John Paul II celebrated a mass in […]

Blaming Israel is reckless

In Gabrielle Goodfellow’s column “Retaliatory Violence Stalls Peace” (10/16) she reiterates many of the by now tired arguments that attempt to justify Palestinian homicide bombings […]

Better education is a universal cause

It was refreshing to see the Yale Daily News calling for expanding “tenure opportunities” in response to GESO’s report on undergraduate teaching, “Blackboard Blues.” And […]