Latest Columns Appear On Top

I. On the Offensive

II. New Voices

III. ACF Exclusives

IV. Early Columns

 

2006

 

Why Inciting Outrage is not Enough (11/29/06)

They Hate Our Freedom: The Truth About the Military Commissions Act  (11/17/06)

 

Why Student Media Matters

Written 7/06 as the first article for MediaChannel U, soon to be published on Alternet.org.

Good for Incumbents, Bad for Democracy: The Media's Role in the CT Democratic Primary

Written 7/10/06 (revised 7/14).  Also published by the Journal Inquirer (CT newspaper) and MediaChannel.

About Time Someone Condemned the Media

Written 6/30/06.  Also published by Dissident Voice.

In Support of Our Troops at Haditha

Written 6/12/06.  Originally published by Online Journal, versions appear in several other publications (see links section).

Smashing the Fourth Estate, or Reporting with the Enemy

Article about ACF coverage of the antiwar protest on April 29th in NYC.  To see and hear all the coverage of this protest, click here.  This article was originally published in WESU Magazine in May, 2006.

Somalia: Bush's Latest National Security Failure

Guest Column by Tom Coen (6/27/06)

 

 

I. On the Offensive

On the Offensive is my column for Wesleyan University’s bi-weekly newspaper, The Argus.  I began writing this column second semester of Freshman year after writing three op-ed pieces the first semester.  The most recent is on top.  Click the link at the bottom of the column to hear the radio version.  Enjoy.    

First Semester, Junior Year ('05)

 

My Life.  Can You Handle It?

20th On the Offensive.  Ran in the December 2nd "joke issue" of the Argus.

A Crime; Not a War

19th On the Offensive.  Ran in November 8th edition of The Argus

Harriet Miers and Judith Miller are not in this Column

18th On the Offensive.  Ran in the October 25th edition of The Argus.

Aborting the Truth

17th On the Offensive.  Ran in the October 6th edition of The Argus.  This column refers to the statements made by William Bennett on on his radio show; for a clip of those statements click here

March of the Penguins into Ignorance

16th On the Offensive.  Ran in the September 20th edition of The Argus

Second Semester, Sophomore Year ('05)

Comrade from the Past; Iraq in the Present

15th On the Offensive.  Ran in the April 29th edition of The Argus

The Smell in the Hallways is the Stench of Rat

14th On the Offensive.  Ran in the April 15th edition of The Argus

On the...Defensive!?!

13th On the Offensive.  Ran in the April 1st "joke issue" edition of The Argus. 

What's the Deal with Good Causes?

12th On the Offensive.  Ran in the March 1st edition of The Argus

Children are our Present

11th On the Offensive.  Ran in the February 15th  edition of The Argus

The Shrill, Grating Voice of the People

10th On the Offensive.  Ran in the February 1st edition of The Argus

 

First Semester, Sophomore Year ('04)

Unkind Bud: Drug Policy Disaster

9th On The Offensive.  Ran in the November 19th edition of The Argus

The People, United, Will Usually be Defeated

8th On The Offensive.  Ran in the November 5th edition of The Argus

Shotglass Full of Freedom

7th On The Offensive.  Ran in the October 22nd edition of The Argus

I'm so Lonely

6th On The Offensive.  Ran in the October 1st edition of The Argus.

Down with RNC?  Yeah you know me!

5th On The Offensive.  Ran in the September 17th edition of The Argus.

 

Second Semester, Freshman Year ('04)

One Huge, Bad Apple
4th On The Offensive. Ran in the May 4th edition of The Argus.

Nothing But The Truth
3rd On The Offensive. Ran in the April 19th edition of The Argus.

Hand Buzzers and Whoopie Cushions
2nd On The Offensive. Ran in the April 6th edition of The Argus.

Repeat Offender
1st On The Offensive. Ran in the March 2nd edition of The Argus.

 

II. New Voices

Written for the webwire of New Voices, of which Josh is the editor

 

Meshugenah Florida: Intelligent Design in Shul and in School

January 2006

The Effects of the Iraq War on Stability in the Middle East:  A Debate

November 2nd, 2005

Fear, Manipulation, and the ADL

August 7th, 2005

A Bunch of Animals

November, 2005

Jews or Lose

November, 2004

 

III. ACF Exclusives

Iraq Quiz

Written in late August, 2004

ACF at the Republican National Convention

ACF at the March for Peace in NYC on April 29th

Boycott Against "Space Ducks" Candies

 

IV. Early Columns (before 2003)

 


   

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