Zak Newman
Zak Newman
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NEWMAN: Impatience and new resolve in 2012
Since the president delivered his State of the Union address last night, talking heads have already spent a good deal of time analyzing its impact on his prospects for re-election.
Dec, Newman, Gerlach: Representation and reform for Ward 1
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The notion that Yale stands alone, discrete and disconnected from New Haven, is remarkably fallacious and dangerously distracting.
Newman: Making our votes matter
At the bottom of this page, Matt Shafer ’13 is talking about American political discourse. It’s become manic, militant and, quite frankly, depressing. Debates about pressing issues like immigration reform border on the surreal with members of Congress talking about “terror babies” and toying with repealing the 14th Amendment. And as Shafer points out, the intensity and absurdity of the rhetoric out of the Tea Party and the growing list of promises unfulfilled by President Obama have left many Americans, regardless of party affiliation, exasperated and in need of a break.
Newman: More than a responsibility
Community involvement should be much more complex and rich than a one-way transaction or debt repayment.
Newman: Realizing reform
Mark it down: March 21, 2010. After decades of waiting and false starts, after more than a year of heated debate, town hall meetings, rallies and protests, comprehensive health care reform has finally come to our country. With a now filibuster-threatened Senate, House Democrats pulled together last night in the 11th hour (literally) to pass the Senate bill and a reconciliation bill with changes. The reconciliation bill is likely to pass the Senate sometime this week.
Newman: Come back, cowboys
On Monday, Senator Evan Bayh assailed his Congress and bowed out of a third term. His Congress, of course, can’t seem to get anything done — not health care, not bank bills, not solving the crisis in Iran. There is a lack of fortitude, honor and responsibility plaguing this government, like others before it. This dearth can only be filled by two things: spurs and a ten-gallon hat. In short, our nation needs more cowboys.
Newman: Selling our elections
here are those that will say that a good idea is a good idea, regardless of how much funding it gets and that voters will support those that they think will best lead them even if the candidates face the opposition of wealthy firms. But how vibrant will the public discourse be during an election when one side is equipped with a handheld megaphone while the other has PA system on the scale of the Cowboys stadium?