Yale Daily News

On the alternate Wednesday when the Yale Daily News runs my columns, I only tentatively make eye contact with people at breakfast. I never quite […]

April 25, 2001

I’ve frequently been asked what “assay” means, and this being my last chance to do so, I thought I’d explain. The Oxford English Dictionary lists […]

April 25, 2001

As a columnist for the Yale Daily News, I filled a niche — I was the conservative one. In considering what I would write in […]

April 25, 2001

When I began writing my column for the Opinion-Editorial page two years ago, I vowed my writing would always be provocative, and a great many […]

April 25, 2001

A real man does not cry. So when I collapse into explosive, blubbering bursts of snotty soul-anguish periodically over the next few days, I am […]

April 25, 2001

Driven by a passion for progress and liberty, Yalies have given their lives for independence, fought in wars against authoritarianism, protested in defiance of imperialism […]

April 25, 2001

While 800 prefrosh, conspicuously clad in blue Yale sweatshirts paraded around campus, I was stuck in my room. As the next generation just finished getting […]

April 20, 2001

The Supreme Court this week certified two cases that question the breadth of the Americans With Disabilities Act. Insofar as the holding of the Court, […]

April 20, 2001

“My God, my God, what a wondrous marvel, when the army gathers at Kosovo!” The year was 1389, the darkest of ages, when the armies […]

April 19, 2001

The Yale College Council is holding its elections this week with ballots available online until Friday morning. Ignore for a moment that I can’t respect […]

April 19, 2001

With great patriotic fervor and military fanfare, Whidbey Island Naval Air Station in Oak Harbor, Washington, welcomed home the crew of our country’s most famous […]

April 18, 2001