Edwin Everhart
Edwin Everhart
Recent Stories
Everhart: Congo violence must stop
If the Democratic Republic of Congo had good cops, they’d catch and accuse the Congolese soldiers who raped and fatally injured Bitondo Nyumba in 2005.
Toppling Chinese government no cure for human-rights woes
While there are valid criticisms of every country’s human-rights record, the hawks who suggest regime change give activists a bad name.
Use of ‘exotic’ in date auction degrades contestants
Across campus this week, students are being asked, “Wanna go on an Exotic Date?” by posters for a charity fund-raiser. Despite the good intentions and deeds of the event’s organizers, and the humanitarian ends they seek, this event’s title is degrading, insulting and poorly conceived.
Criticism of China necessary to encourage social progress
One of the best reasons to keep intellectuals around is that they ask the hard questions. They demand answers for every problem and, in doing so, they help us improve our lives.
Yale should be more critical of China’s skeletons
It is time for us, as an institution, to speak up about some of China’s other systemic problems.