It is not often we have the power to change our future in meaningful ways, but Tuesday's election has given us that opportunity. The choice is between reinvigorating the status quo ante in support...
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." I'm sure we all heard this line chanted in a sing-song voice on the playground as kids. But even in elementary school, the...
With the digital revolution, we now exist as two entities. There is the "digital" self, who writes with the swiftness of the Internet and the anonymity of an IP address, and the "real" self, who...
Yesterday, Chronicle columnist David Fiocco raised important questions about the strategy of Professor Jeffrey Sachs and the Millennium Village Project. These questions, however, are not new, nor...
America's elite universities are taking turns melting down under the intense media-scandal spotlight. For reasons founded and entirely unfounded (the distinction is rarely attempted), mass hysteria...
Basketball season starts Sunday, and it won't be long until Krzyzewskiville springs to life outside Cameron Indoor Stadium. I'm personally a big fan of K-Ville, but it's time to give it a facelift...
It sounds awfully ambitious, but this is what economist and former World Bank President Jeffrey Sachs claims. His basic premise is that with enough money, we can solve any development problems. In...
Back in elementary school, when all we had were 50 minutes to make recess count, we did everything our little hearts desired. There were soccer players and jump-ropers, kids who colored and others...
Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the most stupendous, most resplendent, most beautacious, most splendiferous, most spectabulous, most unbelievable, most exquisital, most majestic, fantastic and...
You're forgiven if you didn't notice, but the "war on terror" is over. It ended Friday, Feb. 3 of this year, when the Pentagon issued a report that outlined in broad terms America's strategic...
In civilized society, and in America more than all other nations, we make every reasonable effort to prevent the occurrence of this horror. When it does happen, it is largely the sad product of...
This past weekend, Duke played host to our aquatic friends from just north: the Naval Academy. In case you didn't notice, these are the dashing young men in uniform who have more discipline in...
The Lacrosse scandal. Everyone attributes it to that event that may or may not have occurred last spring. That's why all these new student organizations for this or that cultural group are cropping...
In 239 days, Mike Nifong has sullied his 27-year career with the Durham District Attorney's office. During that time, Nifong has been roundly criticized for procedural and ethical violations.
"John Kerry needs to learn that the men and women serving in Iraq aren't there because they didn't study hard or do their homework. They're smart, patriotic, exceptionally well trained and...
In an Oct. 20 column, James Zou encouraged Duke students not to vote in the upcoming election in order to ensure "due political and judicial process." As a matter of both civics and law, this...
At first blush, the words "interfaith dialogue" can seem a bit hokey-the kind of kumbaya session that often ends up preaching to the converted. Particularly in a nation with our pluralism,...
We've heard a lot about diversity this year. It all began when The Chronicle reported Aug. 31 that the First-Year Advisory Counselor program has "a significant overrepresentation of...
The change in choice catchphrase from "the perfect storm" to "the turning tide" neatly sums up the trajectory of public sentiment regarding the lacrosse affair. The tide refers mostly to the...
You know it must be official when a zealous freshman has already created a facebook event, "DUKE MENS BASKETBALL vs shaw university." Apparently, Coach K is hosting. Punctuation and capitalization...
