He was the kind of guy who called himself a reader but never got beyond the title page. For two hours, we sipped coffee and talked about books, music, and our jobs. We found common ground within the first 15 minutes, but there was no spark in sight. The conception of the event had neutered...
Category: Opinions
Letter to the editor: Sing the alma mater, not the fight song
Last week, a writer suggested that the college use the fight song to promote campus unity. As an alumnus who did learn the fight song, I have no desire to subject the current student body to this clumsy text. If we are going to direct our energy to teaching students our college songs, we should...
Letter to the editor: Azerrad’s feminism critique fell short
As a lifelong homemaker and mother of nine children, I should be an easy audience for a talk making “The Case Against Feminism.” Yet Graduate School of Government Assistant Professor David Azerrad’s recent talk left me disappointed and even concerned. Conservative women do not need to be persuaded that modern feminism — the denial of...
Reject Neuralink: Celebrate human capacity, not telepathy
If you or a loved one suffers from paralysis, one day you may qualify to control computers by merely thinking, according to Elon Musk, founder of Neuralink, a neurotechnology company specializing in brain chip implantation. Musk announced Jan. 28 that Neuralink had successfully implanted a brain chip in its first human patient, launching human trials...
America deserves better than Biden
America cannot afford to be led by someone perceived as a “sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.” This is how page five of Special Counsel Robert Hur’s report describes President Joe Biden. The report investigated Biden’s purported mishandling of classified documents. Biden’s mental acuity has long been a major point of contention with...




