Dennis Dalton

Measuring Our Emotional Quotient

After completing nearly 40 years at Barnard, this last year was, like all years, filled with surprises.

Staying True to the 'Duty to Dissent'

Why should we feel, as Thoreau put it, a “duty to dissent” when protest is so often misunderstood or ignored?

Continuing the Columbia Idealist Tradition

Why did I join the protest by fasting and was it worth it? Maybe one day I’ll conclude that I was mistaken and the protest misguided: but not now.

Quit Iraq Now

My reason for speaking at this rally was to support the Columbia Coalition Against the War.