James Kirchick
James Kirchick
Recent Stories
Second place non-fiction: 'Left Out'
Amidst this winter's worldwide violent protests over the 12 cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed published in a Danish newspaper, the words of Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi did little to ease the tensions. "Let Friday be an international day of anger for...
Under media glare, politics can quickly become public
For most Yalies, the name Chesa Boudin '03 is not likely to ring a bell. He is the son of Kathy Boudin and David Gilbert, who in a 1981 robbery gone awry, aided in the murder of two police officers and a Brinks security guard in Nyack, N.Y.
Afghan politician contrasts with student
Rahmatullah Hashemi and Malalai Joya seemingly have much in common. Both are 27, come from the same region of Afghanistan and are interested in international relations. But the similarities between Hashemi, silver-tongued former spokesman for the...
Ex-Taliban can learn from Yale experience
I was more than a little puzzled to see the self-satisfied mug of Rahmatullah Hashemi '09 smiling at me from the front of the News on Monday. The last time I saw that Cheshire grin was in Michael Moore's otherwise manipulative "Fahrenheit 9/11," which...
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There is one word that drives me nuts. It's not a curse. Its timbre does not make me cringe. Rather, it is the way in which this particular word is used -- often to describe me, and others like me, totally against my will -- that I find to be so...
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On the evening of September 15, 2005, Max Sklar '06 sent out an e-mail imploring his fellow Yalies to opt out of the voluntary student activities fee established by the Yale College Council. The e-mail directed students to the Web site where they could...
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God Bless Alan Kennedy-Shaffer. If he did not exist, someone would have to invent him. Earlier this week on this page, my friend and colleague Dan Koffler called for the impeachment of the President of the United States ("Surveillance should carry dire...
Livingstone chooses Muslims over gays
This month's riots in the immigrant ghettos outside Paris are only the latest manifestation of a continent in decline. Expressly, Europe has abandoned its culture. Thus, it has lost the means by which to assimilate Muslims who have shown no inclination...
Non-profit cancer center would provide jobs, care
What a difference a summer makes. Here was Ward 1 Alderwoman Rebecca Livengood last spring, stating that "while some requests of the cancer center, such as planning open public space into its construction, were negotiable, others, including obtaining...
Keep unionization out of cancer center debate
As the race for Ward 1 alderman heats up, the most important issue facing the city is the proposed $430 million cancer center affiliated with Yale-New Haven Hospital. Proponents argue that the center would rival Boston's Dana Farber Cancer Institute...