The Commentariat

Including men in Take Back the Night

Rape must be declassified as a woman’s issue and reclassified as something that can affect anyone­—regardless of sex.

By Noah Baron | Apr 20 10:56 pm ET

Towards a happy history?

Women's historical narratives are often stories of suffering. Was there a way to teach women’s history that was something else?

By Mary Kohlmann | Apr 6 07:33 pm ET

Probing childhood ideas of death

I began to recognize that my interest in a moldy catastrophe was the same impulse that drives paparazzi toward mourners, and I was repulsed. That horrified curiosity is an ugly part of human nature. I didn’t want it inside of me anymore.

By Mary Kohlmann | Mar 23 10:04 pm ET

Today In Opinion: Religion and the Columbia Intellectual

A key to any intellectual community is tolerance. For debate to flourish, there needs to be tolerance—though not necessarily an embracement—of others’ ideals and beliefs. Perhaps the key issue here is respect.

By Noah Baron | Mar 2 10:09 pm ET

(Very) Quick Thoughts on Israeli Election Results

The Arab parties won 11 seats. Even after the Gaza War, Arabs were won over by the possibility of change through democratic participation even if their parties failed to increase their number of Knesset seats.

By Armin Rosen | Feb 17 02:47 am ET

This Lecture Brought to You by McDonald’s

Apparently, this wasn’t an isolated incident either. A number of people I’ve talked to about this—as well as a reader who e-mailed us about this growing problem—have also experienced this invasion of our classrooms.

By Noah Baron | Feb 9 11:10 pm ET

“Dueling Protests!”

Dialogue, of course, is muddy and slow and easy to bog down. Panels can devolve into snarkfests over who should and shouldn’t be represented. But Columbians can be—and routinely are—creative enough to move past that.

By Mary Kohlmann | Jan 26 10:52 pm ET

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