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Tangled Webs

Spider-Man in the Nation’s Service and in the Service of All Nations.

by Dayton Martindale on April 25, 2012March 22, 2013

Eis Man Cometh

They were all gathered behind Nassau Hall, ready for their big moment: dozens of the most influential figures in higher education ready to shepherd a new brother into their ranks, all while dressed in just the silliest dangnabbed robes and hats. I know it’s not particularly clever or original to joke about the unconventional wardrobe associated with pomp and circumstance, but I really think it’s important to remember just how funky everyone looked while all this was going on. In academia, we eschew the slick suit and tie for the eccentric cap and gown, and I love it.

by Dayton Martindale on October 3, 2013October 13, 2013

Dark Zeros, Dark Heros

The first time I saw Zero Dark Thirty left me shaken to my core, affected to an extent I rarely experience at the cinema. I was deeply moved by what I saw as a powerful meditation on obsession and revenge … Read More

by Dayton Martindale on February 14, 2013March 22, 2013

Star Wars Episode More

The 1977 Best Picture race as a metaphor for my life.

by Dayton Martindale on November 28, 2012March 22, 2013

The Problem with Prestige

Why Princeton’s a-list speakers can’t keep us awake.

by Dayton Martindale on February 15, 2015February 16, 2015

Princeton’s Forgotten Primates

According to a March 30, 2012 inventory, there were six labs at Princeton University that held nonhuman animals for experimentation. Between them, they contained over 10,000 mice, nearly 2,000 fish, nearly 1,000 larval salamanders, and a smattering of rats and frogs.

by Dayton Martindale on February 21, 2015August 16, 2015

Pacifism and Palestine

Pacifism may sound nice, but it is a hard doctrine to maintain: I struggled for years to reconcile my peaceful intuitions with the idea that we live in a violent world, and sometimes aiding those who are suffering might involve lethal force against those inflicting suffering.

by Dayton Martindale on November 8, 2014November 16, 2014

A Bug’s Death

I am nine years old, give or take a couple years, and I have learned rage. Like a clumsy Hulk, I crush and I smash and I murder what must be dozens, if not billions, of ants.

by Dayton Martindale on March 30, 2014March 30, 2014

Local Politics

On July 28, I attended a meeting of the Princeton mayor and council. I had been asked to come by a member of Food and Water Watch. The pro-consumer NGO wanted a student environmentalist there to show support for a proposed local fracking ban. I had never been to any such meeting, and didn’t know what to expect.

by Dayton Martindale on October 11, 2014October 19, 2014

Why To Eat Meat

A Vegetarian’s Grudging Defense of the Human Carnivore .

by Dayton Martindale on April 11, 2012March 22, 2013

Magaysia

Abhorring abhorring Malaysia.

by Dayton Martindale on October 17, 2012March 22, 2013

The Things We Do for Love

It is not often I get to encounter a fellow Dayton, so when I heard about a new documentary called Running Wild: The Life of Dayton O. Hyde, I was suitably intrigued. The film was to be screened on Saturday, February 8 at the Princeton Public Library, as part of the Princeton Environmental Film Festival (PEFF).

by Dayton Martindale on February 22, 2014February 22, 2014


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