Yale Daily News

If one wishes to approach the current debate over immigration in high intellectual terms, it is wiser, I think, to do so from the vantage point of Aristotle’s common sense, pagan though it be, rather than to try to settle the matter on intra-mural Christian grounds.

February 6, 2025

When I returned to the States from Tokyo, I was surprised to learn that I was “Wasian.” This is partly because that term, a portmanteau […]

February 4, 2025

Ramaswamy is right in saying that our culture should assign significant importance to academics. But he wholly misses why interpersonal abilities are so valued in American culture.

February 4, 2025

I hope that what I write for the News stands the test of time. But, to whoever stumbles across this article 100 years from now in the Yale Daily News Archive, I merely have one request: please give me grace.

February 4, 2025

We began 2025 ablaze.  The winds reached over 90 miles per hour. Our windows, locked and bolted, blew open in the middle of the night. […]

January 27, 2025

Yale is prioritizing individual student housing choice over the health of the residential college system. But the numbers make it clear: Yale cannot have it both ways. And we say that given the choice, Yale should make good on its bold claims and enable the Colleges restoration to their proper place as one of the glories of Yale.

January 22, 2025

We’re not some global university that exists in a bubble where it’s utopia. We serve the United States.” In short, we are for Country. Let us strive that ever we may let these words our watch-cry be.

January 22, 2025

In most political conversations, dialogue is only a first step — a necessary but not sufficient condition for coming closer together. The issues we care about have profound consequences for our lives, so we still need to argue and debate about them. We need to challenge our opponents, to point out facts they are not aware of and reasons — for or against — they have not thought of. But, in politics, as in families, it matters how we argue.  

January 22, 2025

Indeed, Vance’s success demonstrates the continued relevance of institutions like Yale amid a cultural shift away from the Ivy League. Yale’s policy of institutional neutrality goes on to indicate that statements on the issues of the day might be permissible when they “directly implicate the university’s core values or concrete interests.” If Yale’s mission really is to “educate leaders worldwide who serve all sectors of society,” as we hear so often quoted by administrators, then Vance’s election surely serves the University’s concrete interests — making it fair game for institutional recognition.

January 22, 2025

As a pediatrician, my commitment is to the health and well-being of my patients. A child tax credit is a proven strategy to improve the lives of children and families — and it’s time for Connecticut to take action.

January 17, 2025

A political movement needs a story to tell about itself and the one Kamala Harris told wasn’t particularly moving. Winning back the seats of power in Washington will require a story that appeals to ordinary Americans — and, above all, an ethos.

January 17, 2025