The Commentator



Tuition: The Bottom Line
Although we have not yet reached the conclusion of the month of February, and despite the fact that Punxsutawney Phil beheld his own shadow earlier this month and declared that six more weeks of winter would be forthcoming, for those of us who live in Washington Heights, there can be no denying that spring is almost upon us....

Crime and Punishment
Recent passionate outcry against the Boston Archdiocese is both appropriate and desirable. Hundreds of victimized worshippers, abused over several decades, will never be the same....

Cleaning up the Messianism
Chananya Weissman
I am writing in response to the ongoing catfight between Shmuel Pollen and Stephen Tolany....

Learning from Lerner
Jason Kollander
Michael Lerner, founder and editor of Tikkun magazine - a bi-monthly Jewish critique of politics, culture, and society - and renowned author of numerous works on spirituality, faith, and cross cultural relationships, is expected to speak here at Yeshiva University sometime in early March....

Responding to the Observer: Get A Social Life
Mikey Davis
Rarely, if ever, do I feel the need to comment on the various goings-on at Yeshiva University on the undergraduate level in the form of an Op/Ed piece. However, a courageous undertaking on the part of the editorial staff of The Observer and several students from the Midtown Campus, particularly Shana Strauch, has prompted me to do so....