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On March 4, The New York Times’ political columnist Jamelle Bouie spoke in Kresge Auditorium as part of the Tom Cassidy Lecture Fund and Viewpoint Exchange speaker series. Bouie, previously a chief political correspondent for Slate Magazine before joining the …
While it is impossible to conceptualize America in a manner that honors the wild diversity of hundreds of millions of lives, it is clear our country is in need of healing. To this end, it may be helpful to think …
The immigration discourse has been loaded for a very long time, and it has not become any less polarizing. Growing up as the child of immigrants, it never quite made sense why. What was so bad about people like my …
In “The Wretched of the Earth,” Algerian decolonial theorist Frantz Fanon wrote: “Each generation must out of relative obscurity discover its mission, fulfill it, or betray it,” Although he wrote this in 1961, this quote could not ring …
We, Bowdoin students, have entered the Dark Ages of learning about Israel. Last semester, contributors to Israel-related campus programming seemed forced to hide face, having to funnel their $80-some thousand dollars through largely anonymous alumni groups and multiple shell organizations…
Those that want to deny the Gaza genocide that’s been unfolding before our eyes would rather speak about anything else. In the pages of the Orient, Neil Urwitz and Alan Christenfeld double down on genocide denial and add some defamatory …
Dear Editor,
Neal Urwitz thinks of Benjamin Netanyahu as a “malignant selfish narcissist … who thrives on conflict.” Mr. Urwitz was proud to announce that he has loathed Netanyahu since 1996. I would ask Mr. Urwitz to examine the most …
Dear Editor,
Once again, Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern and North African Studies Nasser Abourahme has expressed his entirely one-sided and bigoted opinion in his op-ed piece. Professor Abourahme is entitled to his opinion and to express said opinion.
However, …
Major current events are appropriately the subject of debate, especially at institutions such as Bowdoin devoted to training tomorrow’s leaders. Arguments that are well reasoned, supportable and respectful of differing views and the audience are what one should expect to …
A few years ago, while working at a large public relations firm, I was responsible for ghostwriting for a big client. The client wanted us to draft an op-ed and, as this was a plum assignment, I gave it to …
