Op-ed

Brian Gran, professor of sociology and law, and Ram Fish, lecturer in technology management, co-authored a piece arguing that an unfiltered internet could topple autocrats. “In the information age, information itself is also a key weapon and should not be ignored in the fight against authoritarian...

Einav Rabinovitch-Fox, a visiting instructor who specializes in modern American history and women’s and gender history in the Department of History, wrote about the United States military’s long connection to fashion—especially its female soldiers. The Washington Post published her piece, titled “...

Anat Alon-Beck, assistant professor of law, and John Livingston, research fellow, penned an opinion article to discuss the recent sentencing of Elizabeth Holmes on fraud charges and the effects this may have on investments in tech firms. Their piece, titled “The Elizabeth Holmes Sentencing: A Mess...

Michael Clune, the Samuel B. and Virginia C. Knight Professor of Humanities, shared his thoughts on Elizabeth Anker’s new book, On Paradox: The Claims of Theory, in an opinion piece for the Los Angeles Review of Books. In Clune’s piece, titled “The Paradox Paradox: On Elizabeth S. Anker’s On Parad...

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson handed over the reins to successor Liz Truss earlier this month. Luke Reader, a teaching fellow in the Department of History at the College of Arts and Sciences, wrote about his exit from power. Reader reflected Johnson’s time as prime minister and considered the leg...

In a recent op-ed, Erik Jensen, the Coleman P. Burke Professor Emeritus of Law, discussed the proposal to repeal the $10,000 cap on the deduction for state and local taxes. Published in The Wall Street Journal and titled “SALT-Cap Repeal Is Pushed for the Few, Not the Many,” shared insight into th...

Jennifer King, co-director of the Center on Trauma and Adversity and assistant professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, weighed in on the stress and anxiety some experience in the fall. “Autumn anxiety is a term that describes the increase in worry, fear, a...

Dan Flannery, director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention, Research and Education at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, wrote a comprehensive public health approach to curbing gun violence in America, based on scientific evidence and his decades of researc...

Stanton Gerson, dean of the School of Medicine, shared his view on why 2022 is a breakthrough year in our battle against cancer in an op-ed published by Crain’s Cleveland Business. Titled “Personal View: A breakthrough year in the war on cancer,” Gerson’s piece described the role the Case Comprehen...

Anat Alon-Beck, assistant professor of law, weighed in on the Twitter-Elon Musk acquisition—of which the latter withdrew—in a recent op-ed published by Forbes. Alon-Beck weighed in on the legal saga that will ensue and the issues at hand. Read the piece, titled “Let The Games Begin!”...