Opinion
Opinion: The Feminist Case for Conservative Women
President of the organization Choose Life at Yale (CLAY), Kylyn Smith ‘26 finds it difficult to identify with the modern-day ‘feminist.’ She believes that “the feminist movement has pushed over the edge. I consider myself a feminist, but not to the extreme that today’s feminism applies.”
The Power of Perception: In Politics, Sentiment Trumps Fact
“Bread went from $3 [in 2020] to $6.50,” said Jack Dozier (YC ‘27), a sophomore from central Virginia. “Same store, same location.” Dozier identifies the kind of inflation nearly every American voter can relate to. Economic data feels abstract. The price of bread is concrete.
OPINION: The Democrats’ Defeat: America’s Rejection of the Liberal Elite
On the morning of November 6, liberals woke up to a nightmare. A great red sweep took the nation. An election so close experts predicted its results would only be known in following days resulted in the landslide victory for…
OPINION: Democracy in Distress: How Mexico’s Judiciary Lost Its Independence
Mexico’s democracy, after years of resilience and progress, is tumbling toward an authoritarian abyss. As of September 15th, 2024, the judicial branch—formerly made up of judges appointed by the government—will now be elected by the populace. The public, however, will…
OPINION: Militant Hope or Utter Despair? Political Exhaustion in the 2024 Election
Donald Trump won the election. The Republicans won the House and the Senate. Six of the nine Supreme Court Justices are conservative. America, it seems, will be reconstructed in the image of the far-Right. Quite decisively, the Democrats lost. There…
OPINION: Yes, Anxious Teens, Fill the Void. Just Not With Revolutionary Politics.
If there’s a quippy statistic that sums up young people, it’s the following: The average high schooler today has the same level of anxiety as the average psychiatric patient in the 1950s. Dr. Robert Leahy of the American Institute for…
OPINION: The Clock Is Ticking on the Supreme Court’s Credibility Crisis
Benjamin Franklin described the structure of the then-new American government as “a republic, if you can keep it.” That is to say, the very notion of American democratic governance is fragile and could collapse if imperiled. The current Supreme Court…
OPINION: Not Your Enemy- In Defense of Republicans Voting for Trump
The central argument against former President Donald Trump is that his populist appeal endangers the very foundation of our republic. In making this attack, Democrats have created a pendulum for democracy or dictatorship, framing Trump’s voters as the underbelly of…