Finn Abbey
Opinions Editor
Class of 2025
fabbey2@u.rochester.edu
Author of the opinion column Blindspots and American history enthusiast.

Articles by Finn

We must keep fighting, and we will

While those with power myopically fret about the volume of speech and the health of grass, so many instead turn their attention to lives of hundreds of thousands of human beings.

Blindspots: How the media spun a protest into an attack

The University has a clear interest in tamping down protests related to its academic involvement with Israel, appeasing pro-Israel donors and administrators.

The Green Party are grifters

Instead of recruiting and running on a local level, where elections can be won, they insist on only aiming for the biggest prize every time.

The children will not save us

The debate was no more well attended than last year, and no more inspiring.

Blindspots: Dick Cheney is still a war criminal

The Iraq war was a mistake, which killed almost a million people, and the people who zealously ginned the U.S. into that conflict should be made into pariahs, not platformed and commended by presidential contenders.

Universities must value free speech over reputation

Colleges across the country have adopted a clear message: "Never again shall students make the university look bad."

Blindspots: Democrats should follow Tim Walz’s lead

In her quest to find someone that would help deliver the midwest and balance the ticket, Harris has picked the man who could reinvent the Democratic party if given the chance.

Banality in Search of Evil: The College Democrats and Republicans Debate

Far from a debate, it felt like I was witnessing a show trial.

Blindspots: Unconditional aid is turning Israel into a rogue state

This unconditional aid has empowered a small regional power to drift further and further from international accountability. 

Blindspots: For Aaron Bushnell

Aaron Bushnell's death demands our attention. There cannot be a normal day until this war is brought to an end.