By The Brown Spectator on April 17, 2008
Susannah Kroeber ‘11
The Princeton Review recently gave Brown the dubious honor of being ranked 10th among parents when asked what their dream university would be, or parenthetically, where they would like to see their children attend. I remember when students would be deterred from applying and matriculating towards any parentally- approved institution. Perhaps the corresponding [...]
Posted in Editorials | Tagged April 2008, Volume VI Number VI
By The Brown Spectator on March 21, 2008
Sean B. Quigley
William F. Buckley, Jr., as I trust you know, passed away on February 27. He was a man who injected class into conservatism, teeth into traditionalism, and vocabulary into even the most verbose. He was a man truly grounded by conservative first principles – so much so that his life story, [...]
Posted in Editorials | Tagged March 2008, Volume VI Number V
By The Brown Spectator on February 20, 2008
Anish Mitra
The economic stimulus package debated by Congress and supported by President Bush calls for tax rebates; $600 per person, $1200 per couple. Instead of immediately passing the bill, Democrats wanted to add a few things to the stimulus package to make sure America’s families could cope while the crisis subsided; amongst extra unemployment insurance [...]
Posted in Editorials | Tagged February 2008, Volume VI Number IV
By The Brown Spectator on December 6, 2007
Anish Mitra
I have been to India three times in my life,and thus,I believe that I should be George W.Bush’s Secretary of State because I have developed foreign policy experience beyond human comprehension. I know how others view America, especially Indians. I also believe that I am more qualified in the foreign policy realm than Democratic [...]
Posted in Editorials | Tagged December 2007, Volume VI Number III
By The Brown Spectator on October 26, 2007
Kristina Kelleher
Not that I support much government spending but I must point the hypocrisy of recent federal spending cuts. If we want to reduce the number of abortions performed each year, either because we care about the sanctity of life or because we realize it’s an inefficient form of birth control, shouldn’t we support providing [...]
Posted in Editorials | Tagged October 2007, Parents’ Weekend 2007, Volume VI Number II
By The Brown Spectator on September 9, 2007
Brian Bishop
From the unintended (but predictable) consequences file—another instance of government failure rears its statist head in Greece this summer. If you turn down the inevitable din of those blaming forest fires burning throughout the Hellenic peninsula on global warming, you might find the more likely cause buried deep in a wire report by [...]
Posted in Editorials | Tagged September 2007, Volume VI Number I
By Pratik Chougule on January 1, 2006
The Brown Spectator is a journal of conservative thought and opinion committed to the dissemination and discussion of the ideas and values of Western Culture. In light of President Simmon’s renewed commitment to intellectual diversity, we recognized that while intellectual diversity requires tolerance of the majority, it is equally contingent on the presence of [...]
Posted in Editorials | Tagged January 2006, Volume IV Number I
By Christopher McAuliffe on March 1, 2005
Intellectual diversity has been all the rage at Brown this semester. So far, the Brown Daily Herald has featured no fewer than six articles directly addressing the subject. President Ruth Simmons devoted the better part of her Spring Semester Opening Address to issues of intellectual diversity at Brown. Even many professors have been recently opining [...]
Posted in Editorials, Lead | Tagged March 2005, Volume III Number I
By The Brown Spectator on May 10, 2004
There is no doubt that there are great issues at stake in the 2004 elections. This will be the first presidential election after the attacks of September 11. Three years later, a largely Christian army is trapped in a melting pot of ethnic hatred and Muslim rage. Meanwhile, Osama bin Laden has yet to be [...]
Posted in Editorials | Tagged May 2004, Volume II Number VI
By The Brown Spectator on April 5, 2004
Senate Outlaws Violence Against Unborn Children – Kerry Dissents
By 61 to 38 margin, the Senate yesterday approved the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, which provides for separate criminal charges when violent acts against a pregnant mother harm or kill the fetus…. John Kerry voted against the final bill.
In my opinion, the efforts by abortion advocates [...]
Posted in Editorials | Tagged April 2004, Volume II Number V
