GUEST COLUMN
Defining and defending Dwight Hall

Justin Zaremby’s editorial (“Dwight Hall must reject guilt and accept thought,” 9/26) dramatically underestimates both the complexity of Dwight Hall’s work and the thoughtfulness of […]

Hiding behind candle light, academia shirks duty

Sept. 11 was not the simple “tragedy” the Yale administration peddles; America is at war. Woodbridge Hall and the people at the vigil treat this […]

War of symbols brings problems, not solutions

Today I learned that an oversized American flag suspended from a Hartford overpass was causing traffic delays as rubber-necking motorists contorted themselves to salute it, […]

Who these terrorists are not: dispelling myths, destroying misconceptions

Over the past few days Americans have struggled to make sense of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. How did […]

Imagine that you are the terrorist, prepared to kill, willing to die

Let me ask the reader — sitting in a dining hall somewhere, 20 minutes until class, with a tray of half-eaten food — to imagine […]

Teach or preach? Lecturing amid a world crisis

Since the terrible attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, many of us on campus have walked around in a state of shock. Our […]

Before the clock turned, a nation full of hope had forgotten tragedy

“We are going to a different world,” said Candide, “and I expect it is the one where all goes well; for I must admit that […]

After the end of history, we must choose our future

Today, we are facing war: a long war, a world war and a war in which many Americans will die. Last week, that was the […]

Coming to terms with a new Manhattan skyline

The effect of Tuesday’s horrific attack on New York City was shocking not merely for the number of casualties and the fear it evoked. Many […]

Standing at history’s crossroads, looking forward

Sept. 11, 2001 is one of those dates our grandchildren will be made to memorize before they can graduate from elementary school. Regardless of what […]

Foreground, background: A changed America

We live in the foreground of experience, though our lives of course have a background too. In the foreground are our immediate preoccupations, our jobs […]