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All content by Brad Erthal

Modern homophobia is symptom of confused morality, not hatred

Brad Erthal September 11, 2013

Unfortunately, I mistook my filing deadline two weeks ago and was unable to respond to Claire Chretien’s throwback piece on this page titled “Same-sex unions not equal.” She was rebuffed in a letter...

Changing from ‘pro-choice’ to ‘pro-abortion’

Brad Erthal April 15, 2013

A campus group assembled last week for a demonstration in which they referred to other people on this campus as perpetrators and proponents of genocide. I am tempted to simply invoke Godwin’s law (the...

On same-sex marriage issue, demographics are destiny

Brad Erthal April 1, 2013

Last week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases relating to gay marriage. The smart money seems to be on SCOTUS striking down the Defense of Marriage Act, and throwing out the case on...

Liberty means birth control coverage

Brad Erthal March 18, 2013

My last column criticized the newly minted ex-pontiff and suggested a need for a better replacement. Despite approval, or at least acceptance with interest, from some Catholics, a more revanchist wing...

Catholics everywhere deserve better after Pope Benedict XVI’s reign

Brad Erthal March 5, 2013

Non habemus Papam. Pope Benedict XVI left office last week, becoming the first Pope emeritus in more than 600 years. His tenure has been as reactionary as many of us feared when he started. Catholics should...

University should not reward police overreach

Brad Erthal February 26, 2013

Last week, various state and local agencies, the U.S. Marshalls and this University wasted an enormous amount of scarce resources in an apparently successful attempt to damage the lives of 74 of our...

Sometimes our critics are secretly our friends: my study in hypocrisy

Brad Erthal February 13, 2013

Last week, I wrote a column about how greeks on this campus should stop writing letters to the CW affirming their lack of racism and instead focus on changing their institutions to end the historical racial...

Police your own - greeks shouldn't be afraid to speak up

Police your own – greeks shouldn’t be afraid to speak up

Brad Erthal February 5, 2013

Last Monday, The Crimson White ran a letter to the editor, “Stop stereotyping the greek system’s view of race,” that felt very familiar to me. This is my ninth semester on this campus, and I swear...

Of course women should be allowed in combat

Of course women should be allowed in combat

Brad Erthal January 29, 2013

Last week the Pentagon announced a decision to allow women to officially fill combat roles. In a wonderful case of euphemism, women were previously allowed to be “attached” to combat units but not...

Some gun control arguments should be discarded

Brad Erthal January 22, 2013

Last week I wrote critically about media’s responses to a mass killing. That was unlikely to anger anyone because the media are an easy target. At the risk of continuing the metamorphosis of this opinion...

Mass media fumbles covered of mass violence in wake of shootings

Mass media fumbles covered of mass violence in wake of shootings

Brad Erthal January 15, 2013

In December, Americans were shocked by the mass murder at Sandy Hook Elementary School. All deaths are sad, but the details of this case were particularly grisly. The tragedy, like the shooting at Columbine,...