Roger Low
Roger Low
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Small changes don’t affect Yale’s intensity
Some of the challenges our generation faces surely at least equal the grimmest challenges any other generation has faced, in any time, at any place. Has Yale, for all the delusions of grandeur it has inspired in us for now, truly prepared my class to meet those challenges? I really don’t know, but I’d like to find out.
A look at history can help anti-war effort
The Civil War was worth fighting. Democrats need to explain why this one no longer is. So long as they craft their argument as an intelligent appeal to reason, they will retain the support of the American people.
‘24’ is model of American psyche at its most intense
Why is “24” so irresistible? (I have to admit that I’m hooked: At the moment there are several nuclear bombs somewhere on American soil, and I’m damn well going to be watching when Bauer kills the deranged Russian oligarch who is controlling them.) The masterful ratcheting-up of suspense, hour by hour, accounts for much of the show’s popularity. But America also loves “24” because Jack, and the universe he inhabits, is so quintessentially American.
Caucus conundrum hurts politicians, people
The parties, by simultaneously lengthening the campaign and shortening the actual presidential primary calendar, give primary voters more of an opportunity to get bored with the candidates, but less of a chance to have second thoughts after Iowa and New Hampshire.
Roe backers shouldn't focus on Constitution
Forget Harry Blackmun and his cockamamie theory of trimesters. The abortion debate is not about the right to privacy. It has nothing to do with privacy. It’s about the right of women to determine their own futures — not a right that’s wedged in under search and seizure, but still pretty important.
Obama’s ‘Audacity’ should give U.S. hope for future of politics
I understand most readers will be skeptical when I tell them this: You have a moral imperative to read Barack Obama's "The Audacity of Hope."
Chaotic room-reservation system handicaps groups
The Yale administration has got to make its facilities easier for undergraduate student organizations to use.
Policy, not politics, must dominate Dems' agenda
What a difference two years make. Liberal Yalies woke up on Wednesday morning after Election Day in 2004 and went about their schedules in eerie silence, stunned at the losses from the previous evening.
GOP Congress has more problems than just Foley
GOP Congress has more problems than just Foley
Moderates’ political niches vary
If you want to understand the difference between Democrats and Republicans, consider carefully the sad tales of two moderates.