Josh Chafetz
ARIEL DAVID ADESNIK & JOSH CHAFETZ
A student movement sweeping the world

We hold these truths to be self-evident… Stirring words, announcing one of the most radical movements in human history, a movement that proclaimed that all […]

February 10, 2003

JOSH CHAFETZ
Senior Columnist: Josh Chafetz

I’ve frequently been asked what “assay” means, and this being my last chance to do so, I thought I’d explain. The Oxford English Dictionary lists […]

April 25, 2001

JOSH CHAFETZ
New Haven just might be a fun place after all

This being my last full Yale Daily News column, I’m going to take the opportunity to be old and crotchety, and to complain about the […]

April 9, 2001

JOSH CHAFETZ
An American scholar in Beijing: a tale of detainment

According to the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Gao Zhan has “openly confessed her crimes.” And you’ll have to take their word for it because they’re not […]

March 26, 2001

JOSH CHAFETZ
Yugoslavia revolts without bloodshed

The 20th century will someday be remembered as a dark age in the history of politics. It is a century that has seen two world […]

October 9, 2000