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The article discusses the author's experience of sailing. The author claims that he is ignorant on the behavior of other captains and their crews. His first misadventure in sailing with Sweet Isolation boat in Lake Wononskopomuc in Sharon, Connecticut is narrated. He participated in the Vineyard Race as a skipper. His propositions about sailing are provided.

Presents a personal account of a writer about relocating from his home in New York City to the countryside in Stamford, Connecticut.

The article presents opinion on alleged lewd passages in the published fiction of Connecticut Senator James Webb which was exposed during Webb's 2006 bid for reelection. A discussion of public criticism which Webb received due to the passages, and the impact it had on his reelection bid, is presented.

The article shares the author's experiences of witnessing his wife's amateur cooking abilities at their house in Hamden, Connecticut in the 1950's. He recalled his wife in their little kitchen wearing trim pants and fancy apron, staring at a cookbook. According to the author, most of the food cooked by his wife for the author and his friends were spaghetti, hamburger steaks, and oily salads.

Discusses the impending death of convicted murderer and rapist Michael Ross. Reference to the fact that he would be the first person executed in Connecticut in 44 years; Ross' request that the state proceed with the execution; Belief of Connecticut's governor that there is nothing to invalidate the sentencing; Request by Bishop William Lori of Bridgeport that parishioners sign a petition to repeal the death penalty in Connecticut; Citation of Pope John Paul's disapproval of capital punishment; Importance of the Pope's statement that capital punishment only be exercised in cases of extreme gravity.

The article focuses on the workers' strike at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. It is reported that the 4000 strikers at the University, who provide for the maintenance of the university including clerical aid and library and dining-hall service are paid an average of $32,000 per year. The employees are getting, or are offered in the contract they rejected over the weekend raises which, cumulatively, would yield a 44 percent salary increase in five years. The employees and their families have free health care, to which they contribute no deduction from salary. Some professors have announced that they will not teach if in order to do so it is required that they cross a picket line. Representative Jesse Jackson several limes stressed that Yale has an endowment of $11 billion, so the university should double the employee wages.

This article presents information on the implications of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks which were discussed at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Professor Gaddis Smith spoke of "Yale, America, and the World in 2001."According to him, country meant a country right or wrong until the Vietnam War. The conspectus is freighted with ambiguities. A university conveys to its students the worth of the ultimate sacrifice for their country. He seemed to be saying that, in Vietnam, it was not right to fight. It remains an uphill fight for the historian to proclaim the 35 Yale dead in Vietnam as uninstructed by their university, in contrast with those who shirked what one thought of as duty.

The article discusses the controversy that stemmed from a $20 million endowment, given by alumnus Lee Bass to Yale University in an aim to boost the Western Civilization curriculum. It relates that Bass advised Yale that he should be consulted on whom the money was going to be spent on. Months after, Yale decided to return the gift on the grounds that a university cannot demean itself by agreeing to seek an outsider's advice on the qualifications of its faculty.

Presents information on the students riot that took place at the parade held on the Saint Patrick's Day Parade. Involvement of the students of the Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, in the student riot; Focus on an open letter published in the "Yale Daily News," summarizing the details of the riot; Description of the provocations of the Yale students, the reciprocal brutalities of the New Haven police, and the behavior of President of the University Whitney Griswold himself; View of Whitney on the student riot; Reasons as to why the students riot took place; Information on the eyewitnesses to the excesses of the rioting policemen; Report that the impetus of tradition of university officials toward townspeople.

The article presents opinion on the 2006 Senatorial campaign of Democratic Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman. Lieberman's political history, and the impact his election has had and will have on the future of the Democratic party in the United States, is discussed. A discussion of the value of having a Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate is presented.

Comments on gay rights and politics in Oregon and Connecticut. Discussion of a legislative bill in Hartford that distinguishes civil unions between gays from marriages between a man and a woman; The motivation behind an amendment to affirm the composition of heterosexual marriages; The dispute between an Episcopal bishop and six pastors concerning the authorization of gay marriage; A court order in Oregon to rescind same-sex marriages in one county.

This article questions the awarding of Connecticut Governor Lowell Weicker with the Profile in Courage award by the Kennedy family. According to a speech delivered by U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy, Weicker is the only public figure that has been so vilified for a stand on principle. Weicker was elected governor because he promised not to support an income state tax in Connecticut. In the end, Weicker broke his promise. Time and again Governor Weicker vetoed efforts by the legislature to diminish or to remove his new tax. However, Weicker has done nothing significant to diminish the powers of those arbitrators who find almost as a routine for the unions.

The article comments on the crime rate in New Haven, Connecticut. The city reported 31 murders, 168 rapes, 1,704 robberies and 2,008 aggravated assaults, 4,476 burglaries and 3,459 auto thefts in 1990. Many students of Yale University have been victims of crime in the city, so the university had decided to provide mandatory security presentation program for freshmen, shuttle bus service and a number of exterior emergency telephones. According to community activist Roger Vann, he views the crimes in Yale as a call to Yale students to get more involved in the community.

Comments on developments related to politics and government in Connecticut. Budget deficit incurred by the administration of Democrat Connecticut Governor William O'Neill; Campaign of former U.S. Senator Lowell Weicker for state governor; Candidacy of U.S. Representative John Rowland, a Republican.

Presents a correspondence between the author and an official of the newspaper "The New York Times," on the author's decision to compete for a position as trustee of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. View of the newspaper that the author's candidacy is a class prejudice against graduates of high schools; Apology expressed by the official; Reference to the author's book "God and Man at Yale"; Discrepancies between the author's position as given and as reported in the newspaper.

Presents an insight into the general scenario in the Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut amidst pro-Cuba statements by Herbert L. Matthews, newly appointed chubb fellow of Timothy Dwight College, Yale University. Activities of Matthews in favor of the government led by Fidel Castro in Cuba; Information given by Matthews on the absence of Communists in Castro's government; Statement given by Matthews in favor of Castro's stand in the context of the Cuban revolution; Retort by students at the Yale University to pro-Cuba statements by Matthews.