Kristen Wright
Kristen Wright
Recent Stories
Wright: A hard road for Haiti
When I think of Haiti, I think less of its status as the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere and history of corruption and crumbling infrastructure, than the fact that Haiti is a country with strong traditions and an ability to withstand even the most terrible events and tumultuous upheavals.
Wright: Exceptional ideas
Nationalism is alive and well at Yale. Why? Because Captain Freedom is here.
Wright: The words worked
A month after the presidential Inauguration, public opinion and commercial metrics still deem Elizabeth Alexander’s ’84 “Praise Song for the Day” a failure.
Wright: Likable once, and again at the end
Kathi Cordsen of Fullerton, Calif., is a Republican. And she is still a Bush supporter. Her support of George W. Bush ’68 may be surprising, considering that his approval rating hovers at 34 percent (after sliding into the twenties).
Wright: Of language and tools
A tool, in the meaning we Yale students commonly give the word, is a pathological and pretentious social climber. Writing pretentious editorials and generally being pretentious are signs one is a tool.
Wright: Challenge the status quo
I saw Daniel Beaty’s “Resurrection,” currently playing at Hartford Stage, with a class and, though I initially liked it, several of my classmates argued the play constitutes an offensive failure to depict the African-American experience.
Wright: Behind 'shock and awe'
The phrase “Shock and Awe” first appeared as the title of a 1996 National Defense University military doctrine by Harlan Ullman and James Wade. Most Americans know “shock and awe” as the initial bombing campaign of the Iraq War.