Articles I Have Written
Browse through some of my articles below
A Conversation With Mom About Politics, God, and the Republican Party
I’m a Christian, and I Stand With Israel
“The vile, hate-filled poison of anti-Semitism must be condemned and confronted everywhere and anywhere it appears”
2/4/2020
12 String Bass Encyclopedia
"Finding My 12 String Voice" (Reprinted from Bass Player Magazine)
2005
When the Press Is Just as Guilty of “Election Interference”
9/15/2020
As A Columbia Grad I Oppose the Latest On-Campus Activism
“It seems, unfortunately, today that there are far too few who are willing to defend Columbia University’s heritage, which so many now take for granted."
10/5/2019
The Best Argument for Jordan Peterson: MY Friend Fred
“But again, this aside, Jordan Peterson’s lessons of personal responsibility and taking charge of one’s life are actually helping people, which brings me to my friend, Fred.”
12/4/2019
The Travesty of Comparing Jordan Peterson to Hitler
“Not only ought Gabriel Andrade resist implying there are parallels to be found by Peterson and Hitler, but he also should keep in mind how many lives have been positively changed thanks to his ideas.”
2/24/2020
Watching William F. Buckley and James Baldwin at Columbia
“At age 55, I was the oldest in my class of about 20 students, and most of my classmates were between the ages of 18 and 21.”
4/10/2020
Finding Common Ground in Times of Anguish
“My progressive friends and I are united in wanting to see an end to police brutality, even though we may differ when it comes to the means to bring that about.”
6/12/2020
The Unimaginative Hysteria of Umair Haque
“Never mind that it is the Trump administration standing up for Uyghur Muslims, actual victims of genocide, by imposing sanctions on CPC officials this past week.”
7/10/2020
Letter to the Editor: In Defense of Columbia
The author is a General Studies senior studying sociology. He feels that Columbia has done more than any other Ivy League university to level the playing field and make an Ivy League education accessible to all.
To respond to this letter, or to submit an op-ed, contact opinion@columbiaspectator.com.
4/11/2017
Millennials are not my enemy: What it’s like studying at Columbia as an ‘angry old white man’
If my personality traits are considered ‘older ways of thinking’ then consider me obsolescent
2017