GUEST COLUMN
CLAUDIO SALAS
The dark side of the empire: a reason for skepticism

Meghan Clyne describes the United States as an “empire of idealism” with a history of doing good (“Face the facts, we’re an empire: But is […]

March 4, 2003

ABRAHAM H. FOXMAN
When conspiracy theories are taken seriously

In his attempt to turn the controversy over poet Amiri Baraka’s visit to Yale into a referendum on Israel, Sahm Adrangi ’03 failed to point […]

March 4, 2003

JOSH EIDELSON
Don’t take the path of least resistance

Today, this community faces the largest strike in its history. One year ago our leaders promised us a “new era in labor relations”; last month […]

March 3, 2003

MATTHEW GLASSMAN
Does supporting locals 34 and 35 mean backing GESO?

One problem with the current labor dispute is figuring out how to support locals 34 and 35 without supporting GESO. I’ve always detested GESO, but […]

March 3, 2003

AARON MARGOLIS
Support the unions and cross those picket lines — guilt-free

There are many dining hall workers wearing pins that say, “I don’t want to strike, but I will.” I would like to start wearing a […]

February 28, 2003

ANITA SETH
It wouldn’t take much for Levin to solve this crisis now

Last week at a GESO membership meeting, graduate teachers and researchers voted to strike by almost a 4-1 margin. Beginning on Monday, March 3, we […]

February 27, 2003

KAMAL SIDHU
Iraq has everything to do with the war on terror

With the gathering storm of war looming over Iraq, the increasingly vociferous detractors of American and British policy are asking old questions ever more loudly. […]

February 25, 2003

PAMELA GEORGE
In defense of inviting Amiri Baraka

While we do not endorse the extreme statements by Amiri Baraka that have occasioned concern in the Yale community, we support an institution of higher […]

February 25, 2003

MICHAEL ANASTASIO
A man who deserves no attention at all

I f***ed your mother On top of a house When I got through She thought she was Mickey Mouse (from “T.T. Jackson Sings,” by Amiri […]

February 24, 2003

JOSHUA CHERNISS
Believe it or not, leftists, the U.S. is not the world’s villain

There are so many problems with Chesa Boudin and Sarah Stillman’s column (“Humanitarian acts in Iraq? Drop sanctions,” 2/21) that I’m not sure where to […]

February 24, 2003

J. TODD BURAS
Why doesn’t GESO just take a vote?

I have a three-word response to GESO’s plans to strike. I consider the response decisive. It has convinced me to withhold my membership from GESO. […]

February 21, 2003