Adam Sieff

Columbia and the calling of the modern university

The point of a university is education, not indoctrination.

By Adam Sieff | Nov 16 08:07 pm ET

The clever capitalism of Nicholas Sprayregen

Nick Sprayregen knows how good greed is.

By Adam Sieff | Sep 16 09:25 pm ET

Academic calendar protests: childish, immoderate and self-injuring

Columbia exists for its faculty to produce research, and we, the undergraduates, are privileged as invitees to glean what we can in the short time we have here to grow as thinkers, leaders, and “doers”—and whining, I might add, is not the same as “doing.”

By Adam Sieff | Mar 28 07:03 pm ET

Debunking the conservative welfare myth

The most recent installment of Lauren Salz’ column (“Cold hearted conservatism,” 4/22/2009) ran on this page a few days ago and quite effectively encapsulated many of the errors conservatives commit in trying to understand, let alone solve, problems of a modern social economy.

By Adam Sieff | Apr 26 07:40 pm ET

Whither the Republican Party?

The sun has risen on the Democratic Party, and there is scant evidence that it intends to set anytime soon.

By Adam Sieff | Nov 17 07:49 pm ET

A Bright Side to the Financial Crisis

It’s a funny thing that happens here at Columbia.

By Adam Sieff | Oct 19 07:04 pm ET

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