Breathless praise of free-market capitalism, never far from the Maroon’s opinion pages, returns in the form of Ryan McCarl’s pro-corporate screed (“Want My Coke? Then Pry It from My Cold, Dead Fingers,” 5/8/07). McCarl’s condescending article is a parade of factual errors and conceptual confusion. McCarl’s argument rests on his views about the conditions of...

Would divesting from Sudan amount to the University deciding that it is its “place as an institution to speak for the individuals in it,” as Chief Investment Officer and University Vice President Peter Stein claims (“U of C Will Not Divest from Sudan,” 4/11/06)? Stein seems to think that the impetus for such an action...