The Dangers of Divestment [](/content/images/jerusalem_israel.jpg) Jerusalem, Israel[fusion_text]Lodz, Poland. December. Cold and bleak. A group of Jews, shivering and a little mpollock 9 Feb 2015
divestment A response to “Stanford must divest from the occupation of Palestine” [](/content/images/Israel_-_Boycott_divest_sanction.jpg) Divestment ProtestsStudent group Stanford Out of Occupied Palestine (SOOP) disguised a smear mpollock 4 Nov 2014
water policy Is Stanford Doing All it Can to Conserve Water? “SERIOUS DROUGHT. HELP SAVE WATER.” announces an electric sign in bright red lettering as I drive down Highway 280 toward Stanford. There are 700 such signs [http://articles.latimes.com/ mpollock 25 Oct 2014
Alcohol Policy at Stanford and Middlebury: Which Approach is Right? Students file into the stands above Youngman Field, decked out in white and blue. The visiting team scores a quick touchdown, dampening the crowd’s spirits. But soon thereafter, quarterback mpollock 11 Oct 2014
Stanford University Gun Lunacy and Broken Policy: An Interview with Professor John Donohue Professor John Donohue’s office sits midway down a corridor on the second floor of the luxe William H. Neukom Building, part of Stanford Law School. I visit twice, on mpollock 2 Nov 2013
Gun control Why Liberals Need to Reconsider Gun Control in Light of Race What do we think about when we think about guns? For most Stanford students, a few simple words probably spring to mind. Words that denote towns or schools, but connote mpollock 22 May 2013
Labeling Israel an Apartheid State is Offensive, Incorrect, and Malicious The Jewish state has been vilified so extensively that it would take a book to address each individual criticism. In this column, then, I want to focus on one issue: mpollock 19 Jan 2013
A Proposal for Propositions Or, why I Wish Your Newsfeed Had Been Blowing Up About the Death Penalty, Union Funding of Political Campaigns, and a Business Tax – Not Binders Full of Women The day mpollock 4 Dec 2012
Gagnam Romney: Affluence, Extravagance, and the Election The recent meeting at Stanford of the International Socialist Organization (ISO) has led me to reflect about how Americans view the wealthy. In a recent email, the ISO invited participants mpollock 1 Nov 2012
