Bari Weiss

What Wouldn't Ahmadinejad Do?

On December 9, 2005, two Columbia students defaced a Ruggles suite with swastikas, racial epithets, and homophobic graffiti.

By Bari Weiss and Birk Oxholm | Sep 22 12:00 am ET

Spitting It Out

This column is overdue. It's as overdue as the thank-you notes we should have written Mrs. Goldach for the fruit-powered clocks she gave us for our bat mitzvahs. It's as overdue as Y2K.

By Jen Spyra and Bari Weiss | Apr 28 12:00 am ET

The Big Ol' But

"I was dating a guy and we ended it. In the divorce settlement he got 209." -Martha Todd, CC '07

By Bari Weiss | Dec 8 12:00 am ET

Through the Lookist Glass

When I heard the name of the latest "ism" last year, I cringed. A new buzzword usually means even more political correctness.

By Bari Weiss | Nov 17 12:00 am ET

Is Feminism Screwing Women? Or Are Women Screwing Feminism?

Everyone's been talking about the f-word. From The Weekly Standard to Slate the buzz is feminism and its big question: has it screwed women of our generation?

By Bari Weiss | Nov 3 12:00 am ET

Politics and the Classroom

One of the three white policemen pushed the body of Robert Davis, a 64-year-old retired school teacher, against the brick wall of a building in the French Quarter of New Orleans while the other, gr

By Bari Weiss | Oct 13 12:00 am ET

Arguing the World

If given the chance between City College and Harvard University in the 1930s and 1940s, I wouldn't have gone to Cambridge.

By Bari Weiss | Sep 29 12:00 am ET

The Politics of the Pastry Shop

It's a strange but true fact that Columbia has only one coffee shop. Sure, we have Starbucks, but though the coffee is decent, Starbucks is, at best, a takeaway vendor.

By Bari Weiss | Sep 15 12:00 am ET

Unity through Dissonance

By Ariel Beery and Bari Weiss

By Ariel Beery and Bari Weiss | Apr 4 12:00 am ET

Beyond the Pale

The dust kicked up by the controversy surrounding Columbia students’ charges of abuse and intimidation cleared up for three hours on March 9, at a debate between the Columbia Anti-War Coaliti

By Bari Weiss | Mar 25 12:00 am ET

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