Aron Ravin

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Interview

Interview with Matt Taibbi

On April 25, 2023, the Buckley Institute hosted Matt Taibbi for a talk on censorship and the Twitter Files. Matt Taibbi is the author of four New York Times bestsellers, an award-winning columnist for Rolling Stone, and one of the lead journalists covering The Twitter Files. His recent book, Hate, Inc., is a turbocharged take on how the media twists the truth to pit us against each other. Aron Ravin ‘24 had the opportunity to interview Taibbi shortly after his talk. Aron Ravin: Hey Matt, thanks for joining me. What did you expect when coming to Yale? Did your visit actually meet said expectations? Matt Taibbi: Well, I'm very familiar with Yale. I had a long-term relationship with a Yale student back in the '90s and early 2000s, so I knew a lot of Yale people. I had been to the campu...

An Interview with Josh Hammer

The Buckley Program hosted Mr. Josh Hammer and Mr. Daniel McLaughlin on April 19th, 2022 for a Firing Line Debate on Common Good Conservatism moderated by Gregory Collins. Mr. Hammer is the opinion editor of Newsweek, a research fellow with the Edmund Burke Foundation, and the host of "The Josh Hammer Show." Mr. McLaughlin is a senior writer at National Review Online, a fellow at National Review Institute, and a former attorney. The moderator, Mr. Collins, is a Lecturer in the Department of Political Science and Program on Ethics, Politics, and Economics at Yale University. The following interview was conducted on April 18th via phone call. Aron Ravin:As you know, Adrian Vermeule has been generating a lot of steam in American legal circles. Originalists on the l...

On Pronouns

New semesters bring new experiences. As my peers and I gear up for a Spring Term plagued with COVID-19 restrictions, I try to remain optimistic. But as I focus on the fantastic professors and interesting material Yale offers (even when online), I cannot help but dread the first days of discussion sections. Aside from the awkward introductions and fun facts that we immediately forget, the inevitable and ubiquitous requests for me to reveal my “preferred pronouns” are irksome, to say the least. Make no mistake, if someone wishes to provide their “preferred pronouns” or a name different from that on their birth certificate, all the more power to them. I’m perfectly content to abide by the preferences of my classmates out of respect. That said, I don’t believe a lick of contemporary gender ...