John Scrudato
John Scrudato
Recent Stories
Scrudato: Making our passions safer
Like most of the Yale community, I was shocked to awake this past Wednesday to the news of Michele Dufault’s ’11 death. There are simply no words to describe the magnitude of this tragedy. Her contributions to Yale are numerous, and I came to know and admire her through just one of these.
Scrudato: Thanks for the logic bomb
If there’s one thing Yale has too much of, it’s overbearing, sentimental moralizing. Which is why I’d like to commend James Mendelson for his emotionless, logical approach to abortion in his recent column, “Marching for Reason” (Feb. 6).
Scrudato: Going to Tea
No doubt you’ve heard the stories. There’s a political storm is brewing, and it’s based on anger. They’ve taken over our primaries; they’ve overthrown the establishment; and they’re against civil rights.
Scrudato: I demand a recount
They’re coming for you. At least, the census coordinators are if you didn’t complete their form. They reached a 94.6 percent compliance rate, but they’re determined to have 100. Is it a matter of pride? No, it’s about money and power.
Scrudato: Can we get more secure? No.
Shades of Gray
Our reaction to the near tragedy of Flight 253 betrays our willingness to sacrifice in the name of emotion. USA Today reported that 78 percent of passengers now support digital strip searches in the form of full-body scanners. If logic were their primary motivator, one must reasonably conclude that flying is incredibly dangerous.
Scrudato: Inconclusive data
This weekend, world leaders are preparing to push for new regulatory policies to combat global warming at the United Nations’ Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, all based upon the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports. Its data, we have been told, is conclusive.
Scrudato: Politics of revenge
As a nation, we find ourselves lost in a stormy sea of doubt. As our troubles grow, we search for a captain capable of taking the helm to lead us clear of our troubles, into the clear skies and promised glory of yesteryear.
Scrudato: For an independent leader
Many years ago, Henry Ford famously said that customers could have their cars painted any color they wanted so long as it was black.
Scrudato: Debate, not controversy
Just a couple of weeks ago, cartoonist Kurt Westergaard’s visit to campus for a Branford Master’s Tea ignited a fiery debate over the nature of free speech at Yale.
Scrudato: Preserve Grove Street Cemetery
In New Haven there is a distinctive duality, a feeling that there exist here two very different cities, married by only by geographical proximity. It is a place of gates; it is a place of separation. On one side of the historic New Haven Green lie the gated and secured buildings of Yale’s majestic campus; on the other lies a beautiful city: a place of history, beauty and progress.