Yale’s Grand Strategy Program Has Always Been Broken

Yale’s Grand Strategy Program Has Always Been Broken

ByJim Sleeper

Op-Ed in Foreign Poilicy magazine:The university set out to train the next generation of U.S. leaders—but it often failed to educate them.

Yale professor Beverly Gage has been praised widely for defending academic freedom by announcing her resignation from the directorship of Yale’s Program in Grand Strategy. But there are more politically urgent, and arguably profound, questions at issue here beyond professors’ right to design their courses free of outside interference.

Yale posts 40.2% return on endowment for 20-21 fiscal year

Yale posts 40.2% return on endowment for 20-21 fiscal year

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from Yale Daily News Yale’s endowment reaches $42.3 billion, posting highest rate of return since 2000 The endowment had a rate of return of 40.2 percent, on par with peer institutions and marking a significant increase from Yale’s endowment growth in recent years ZHEMIN SHAO 3:36 PM, OCT 14, 2021 STAFF REPORTER   Courtesy of Amay…

Rep. John Yarmuth, chairman of House Budget Committee, will not run for reelection

Rep. John Yarmuth, chairman of House Budget Committee, will not run for reelection

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from WaPo:   Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY), chairman of the House Budget Committee, announced Tuesday that he will not run for reelection in 2022, citing his desire to spend more time with his family.

Yarmuth has represented the Louisville-based 3rd District of Kentucky since 2007 and has led the powerful budget panel since 2019. He becomes the 10th House Democrat who will not seek reelection in 2022.

Leader of Prestigious Yale Grand Strategy Program Resigns, Citing Donor Pressure

Leader of Prestigious Yale Grand Strategy Program Resigns, Citing Donor Pressure

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from The NY Times, The historian Beverly Gage, who has run the Grand Strategy course since 2017, says the university failed to stand up for academic freedom amid inappropriate efforts to influence the curriculum. By Jennifer Schuessler Sept. 30, 2021 The Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy is one of Yale University’s most celebrated and prestigious programs….

Is it time for alumni action to counter legacy admissions?

Is it time for alumni action to counter legacy admissions?

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from The Boston Globe as Boycott targets college admissions boost given to children of alumni at Harvard, other elite schools By Rebecca Ostriker | September 25, 2021 A national group is launching a campaign to end “legacy” preferences, using an alumni donations boycott Viet Nguyen quickly realized what he was up against when he applied…

Yale student’s winning run on ‘Jeopardy!’ makes history

Yale student’s winning run on ‘Jeopardy!’ makes history

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from The Seattle Times By Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press  |  Sep. 25, 2021  NEW YORK (AP) — Matt Amodio’s historic run on “Jeopardy!” has now netted him more than $1 million in non-tournament play, making him the third person in the show’s history to pass that mark. The only other contestants to win more…

A Classmate’s Vietnam Era – and Ours

A Classmate’s Vietnam Era – and Ours

ByJim Sleeper

Elsewhere Than Vietnam, a historical novel-cum-memoir by classmate David Schwartz, is a fictionalized account of his experience as an Army language specialist and interrogator for military intelligence.

As both a novel and a memoir, Elsewhere takes us to places where Dave served and wandered, from the Army’s language school in California to Munich and even to an Israeli kibbutz.

It’s all in the ink: Vinland Map is definitely a fake, new analysis finds

It’s all in the ink: Vinland Map is definitely a fake, new analysis finds

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from Ars Technica “There is no reasonable doubt here. This new analysis should put the matter to rest.” JENNIFER OUELLETTE – 9/14/2021,  Enlarge / The Vinland Map purports to be a 15th-century map with a pre-Columbian depiction of the North American Coast. A new analysis has confirmed that the map is, in fact, a modern-day forgery. See also,  Yale…

It isn’t just the Taliban that’s ousting Americans from Asia

It isn’t just the Taliban that’s ousting Americans from Asia

ByJim Sleeper

Note: This is an Op-Ed with a “pre-note” classmate Jim Sleeper added here for us Yale ’69ers.

As a lecturer at Yale when this joint venture with Singapore was announced, Jim had a 360-degree view of events. Here he offers evidence for his thesis that the US failed in Afghanistan AND in Singapore for the same reasons — both grounded in evangelical presumptions and military-economic motivations.

“New Yale Book of Quotations” Published

“New Yale Book of Quotations” Published

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  DescriptionReviews A revised, enlarged, and updated edition of this authoritative and entertaining reference book —named the #2 essential home library reference book by the Wall Street Journal “Shapiro does original research, earning [this] volume a place on the quotation shelf next to Bartlett’s and Oxford’s.”—William Safire, New York Times Magazine (on the original edition) “A quotations book with…

Class Notes – Sep/Oct 2021

Class Notes – Sep/Oct 2021

ByDaniel Seiver

Lou Casagrande died on May 27th, 2021, from complications of pancreatic cancer. The following paragraphs are lightly-edited excerpts from his obituary in the Boston Globe. More information, and pictures, are available on the class website at yale1969.org. From the Globe: An anthropologist at heart, whether in Boston or on the road throughout the country, Lou…

Yale researchers prove social media really is making us more morally outraged

Yale researchers prove social media really is making us more morally outraged

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from Popular Science Platforms like Twitter may amplify engrained human behaviors, but a future filled with healthy discourse and productive conversations isn’t impossible. BY CHARLOTTE HU | UPDATED AUG 13, 2021 To no one’s surprise, scientists from Yale University found that social media platforms like Twitter amplify our collective moral outrage. Additionally, they found that it was mostly…