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Every Friday, we choose an alum who has been making headlines—for better or for worse.

  • Paul Krugman ’74

    Princeton economist and New York Times op-ed columnist Paul Krugman ’74 is also a prolific blogger. But for most of Monday, October... Read on
    the staff | October 17 2008 10:15am

  • Camille Paglia ’74PhD

    The reaction of most left-leaning critics and commentators to the choice of Sarah Palin as John McCain’s running mate has been uniform and... Read on
    the staff | October 10 2008 10:12am

  • Aaron Zelinsky ’06, ’10JD

    Being an expert on presidential debates is occasional work at best—better than census taker but not as frequent as America’s Cup commentator.... Read on
    the staff | October 3 2008 10:10am

  • Chimamanda Adichie ’08MA

    As the object of daydreams, the $500,000 MacArthur Fellowships are even better than the lottery in that you don’t have to buy a ticket—the... Read on
    the staff | September 26 2008 09:52am

  • Austan Goolsbee ’91, ’91MA

    With huge financial institutions falling like dominoes this week, the presidential campaign may finally be turning away from issues like lipstick on... Read on
    the staff | September 19 2008 09:50am

  • Herbert M. Allison Jr. ’65

    As the new chief executive of the troubled Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), Herbert M. Allison Jr. ’65 may have to... Read on
    the staff | September 12 2008 09:48am

  • Joe Lieberman ’64, ’67LLB

    These are tough times for those Blue boosters who like to bask in the reflected glory of Yale’s dominance in presidential politics. This summer... Read on
    09/05/2008 | December 15 2011 08:45am

  • Hunter Biden ’96JD

    Barack Obama says he’s here to “tell the corporate lobbyists that their days of setting the agenda in Washington are over.” That... Read on
    the staff | August 29 2008 03:02pm

  • Tim Shriver ’81

    What is the R-word? No, not “recession.” Tim Shriver ’81, son of long-ago vice presidential candidate Sargent Shriver ’38... Read on
    the staff | August 22 2008 02:53pm

  • Sada Jacobson ’06

    Sada Jacobson ’06 had one more thing to do before starting law school at the University of Michigan this fall: compete in the Olympic Games... Read on
    the staff | August 15 2008 02:52pm

  • Fred Smith ’66

    Is it hard for you to imagine a presidential election without a sixty-something Skull and Bones member on the ticket? Take heart: FedEx founder and CEO... Read on
    the staff | August 8 2008 02:50pm

  • James B. Lockhart III ’68

    Since 2006, James B. Lockhart III ’68 has been director of the little-known Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, charged... Read on
    the staff | August 1 2008 02:49pm

  • Jesse Washington ’92

    Last year, Jesse Washington ’92 took a bold stand. As entertainment editor for the Associated Press, he decreed that, as an experiment, there... Read on
    the staff | July 25 2008 02:48pm

  • Meryl Streep ’75MFA

    Meryl Streep ’75MFA didn’t get 14 Oscar nominations for just doing the same-old same-old. This weekend, she turns up singing and dancing in, of... Read on
    the staff | July 18 2008 02:46pm

  • Michael E. O’Neill ’90JD

    Michael E. O’Neill ’90JD is only our 24th Yalie of the Week, but he’s the second one who became newsworthy through plagiarism.... Read on
    the staff | July 11 2008 02:45pm

  • Dr. Benjamin Carson ’73

    When Dr. Benjamin Carson ’73 was an inner-city grade-schooler, his nickname was “Dummy.” On June 19, Carson, a neurosurgeon... Read on
    the staff | July 4 2008 02:44pm

  • Colin Sheehan ’97

    Colin Sheehan ’97 knows the Yale golf course pretty well—he’s even played it at night, as he reported in Yankee magazine... Read on
    the staff | June 27 2008 02:42pm

  • Vanessa Selbst ’05

    Vanessa Selbst ’05 has always been a competitor. She played tennis and hockey at MIT, then rugby after transferring to Yale. These days... Read on
    the staff | June 20 2008 02:41pm

  • Seth Waxman ’77JD

    The Supreme Court’s June 12 decision in the case of Boumediene v. Bush was a victory for foreign detainees being held at... Read on
    the staff | June 13 2008 02:40pm