Josh Chafetz
Josh Chafetz
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A student movement sweeping the world
We hold these truths to be self-evident... Stirring words, announcing one of the most radical movements in human history, a movement that proclaimed that all humans have an inalienable right to freedom and...
Senior Columnist: Josh Chafetz
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 17 definitions for "assay," many with several sub-definitions. My favorites, however, are "To put to the...
New Haven just might be a fun place after all
This being my last full Yale Daily News column, I'm going to take the opportunity to be old and crotchety, and to complain about the young 'uns. Specifically, I am constantly reading and hearing statements like the following, taken from the front page...
An American scholar in Beijing: a tale of detainment
According to the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Gao Zhan has "openly confessed her crimes." And you'll have to take their word for it because they're not telling what those crimes are. Gao, a sociologist at American University in Washington who studies...
Yugoslavia revolts without bloodshed
The 20th century will someday be remembered as a dark age in the history of politics. It is a century that has seen two world wars, millions upon millions killed by the regimes of Hitler, Stalin, Mao and Pol Pot and almost all of sub-Saharan Africa...