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Making the liberal case for deposing Saddam Hussein

Broadly speaking, there are two rival schools of foreign policy thought: realism and idealism. Realists tend to see things in terms of pragmatic interests. They […]

YCC to administration: negotiate with GESO

You wouldn’t know it from this newspaper, but the Yale College Council did something quite remarkable late Sunday night. It called on the Yale administration […]

Stop the madness! I just want a single, and a fireplace

Anyone who happened to stroll past the Jonathan Edwards College library last Tuesday night might have wondered at the anxious muffled chatter wafting out into […]

Relevance of labor unions on the decline

Fifty years ago today, President Harry Truman took the unprecedented step of seizing the steel industry in order to avert a nationwide strike by the […]

A dying relic: Collegiate intellectualism

Welcome to Yale, Class of 2006. Kindly check your opinions at Phelps Gate. Keep your debates out of the dining hall. And if you can […]

Preserving honor and integrity at Yale

Although it is unpleasant to air the dirty laundry of the student body, it should be noted that cheating is rampant at Yale. Certainly there […]

Extending human rights to America’s illegal aliens

I met Lupe about five weeks ago at Junta, a non-profit committed to progressive action for new immigrants in New Haven. Lupe is the same […]

A senior gift that’s just not worth giving

President Levin held a Master’s Tea in Davenport this week, and I’m sure everyone had a grand old time. Master’s Teas generally give students the […]

The problems with Daschle and his presidential dreams

Last December, the conservative Family Research Council ran an ad on South Dakota TV stations juxtaposing pictures of Saddam Hussein and Senate Majority Leader Tom […]

Maya to Frances: Negative campaigning is the last thing we need

From: Maya Lin ’81 ARC ’86 To: Frances Beinecke ’71 FOR ’74 Re: Campaign I’ve been telling everyone who asks that I’m not interested in […]

A glimpse into the trying life of a post-Yale Yalie

I initially applied for a spring break externship because the AYA propaganda appealed to my post-graduation anxieties. Where the brochure promised “an interesting and valuable […]