Chris Kulawik

And Chris Shrugged

I leave Spectator as I found it: with too many controversies to write about.

Looking Back: Mid-Century Columbia

Research for my senior thesis led me to three states and through countless folios, but no matter how far I wandered and how much I tried, I could never get away from Columbia.

This Week: Columbia Edition

Sorry, You Can’t Pick Your Classmates

Field Commander Cohen

On March 10, 2008 the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted a Columbia alumnus. And no, it wasn’t Madonna. His name is Leonard Cohen, and the odds are good that you’ve never heard of him.

Of Student Funds and the FEC

After years of speculation, the Student Governing Board released the budgets for all political, activist, and religious organizations. The findings, while shocking, come as no surprise.

Forgotten Columbians

Dr. Zalmay Khalilzad is the highest-ranking Muslim in the Bush administration. The Afghanistan-born scholar-turned-diplomat served for two years as the U.S. ambassador to Iraq.

Rethinking the Senior Fund

Three months ago the Columbia University administration conceded over $60 million to appease a fringe, ad hoc group of student radicals engaged in a protracted “Gatorade” hunger-strike.

Columbia Under Siege

Hierarchies of power, ethnic studies, Manhattanville, Core reform—the demands of the hunger strikers read as a political manifesto.

'The Week': Columbia Edition

"The Week," a recurring feature in National Review, is a quick, brutal, and unabashedly straightforward column. The Page 6 of the political world, it is equal parts Mike Lupica and The Daily Show.

Fascism Is the Problem

Imagine a 21st-century Pope who ruled by 13th-century standards. Imagine hundreds of millions subjected to the whims of Papal fiat.