A Right to an Opinion Is Not a Right to a Platform
On Sept. 6, 2015, the Argus Opinion section ran the article “Why Black Lives Matter Isn’t What You Think.” The article ...
Opinion
Love, Mourning, and Counterfactuals: The Earned Income Tax Credit
Some unfortunate results have come in for one of economists’ favorite things. This is the Earned Income Tax Credit, and ...
On the Purpose of Student Theater Reviews
As members of both the student theater and student reviewer communities, we believe in critical student reviews. Critical reviews demonstrate ...
Middletown and Wesleyan: Why You Should Vote in Local Elections
The general election for the Middletown mayoral and city council race on Nov. 5 has garnered an unprecedented amount of ...
What I Missed Out on by Going to Public School
At Wesleyan, as at other liberal arts colleges, students who are not graduates of private or quasi-private high schools often ...
Student Theater Reviews: A Review
The Wesleyan Theater World was thrown into a bit of a tizzy last week when The Argus published something totally ...
Even If the Administration Doesn’t Care About Climate Change, Wesleyan Should Still Divest
In the wake of the recent climate strikes on campus and across the globe, many students are pressuring the Wesleyan ...
Selfies and the Self
To ourselves, we each ask the question: “who am I?” This is an important topic to our feeble human minds, ...
Why the Labor Theory of Value Is Incorrect (and How This Should Inform Your Politics)
Let’s talk about resources. In Adam Smith’s time, it seemed obvious that there were two things you needed to make an ...
Tax the Rich Out of Jealousy and Shame
There is a set of claims that commonly justifies low taxation on the rich in libertarian circles. The first is that ...