Aaron Goode
Aaron Goode
Recent Stories
Academic freedom won't arise from force
The times are a changin', and plus ca change. Somewhere in between those two expressions lies the truth about the culture wars. As everyone now knows, these "wars" of self-victimization and counter self-victimization are being revived, and if you think...
Taxes are power struggle between town and gown
Yale and its critics -- those of the "Connecticut Center for a New Economy ideology" that Yale is the tubby oligarch with an oversized money bag in a Gilded Age political cartoon -- sometimes seem to exist only to prove the phenomenon of deja vu.
Newsom looks deep into history's crystal ball
It is easy to find examples of people who wound up on the wrong side of history: Strom Thurmond was so far on the wrong side of history that he ended up bringing down others -- not that Trent Lott didn't deserve it -- with him. It's not so easy to...
Reform must go beyond campaign funding
It's too bad you can't impeach a first lady. Connecticut First Lady Patty Rowland's rhyming poem-diatribe against overzealous Hartford Courant reporters when the Rowland "cabin-gate" scandal first broke demonsrated just the kind of arrogance and...
U.S. immigration policy needs reform
If one of the darker chapters of contemporary American history is the ubiquity of government make-believe, perhaps the most insidious kind of make-believe is the persistent refusal to acknowledge that people are going to get abortions, engage in...
Americans must be aware of bubble mentality of Bush administration
It was announced recently that sometime early next year the troops will be coming home from Iraq. Of course, 85,000 others will be taking their place, but that doesn't mean this is any less significant a moment in the ongoing public trial of the...
Calif. failed to recall Davis' record
The untold story behind the California recall is that Californians have been tricked into thinking they have a terrible governor. The lackluster news media, juggling sensational reports about Schwarzengroping and Bustamante's casino-money malfeasance...
Edward Said's rejected dream of a binational state in the Middle East
In addition to authoring important books on Islam, Western perceptions of the Middle East, exile, Conrad, and many other topics, Edward Said, who died last week, was a lifelong advocate for the Palestinian cause. Said held many controversial opinions...
How is Yale looking in the New York Times?
Whatever you think about the current labor stoppage, there is no denying it has made for good news copy. Thanks to the likes of John Wilhelm and Jesse Jackson -- old hands at guerrilla theater -- the media can always count on Yale for a good show.
The dangerous rules of engagement
It's good to check from time to time how much a human life is worth these days. According to the recent Lockerbie bombing settlement, it's about $10 million. Many of the families of victims of the 1987 attack on Pan Am Flight 103--most of them...