It was March 28th – Ivy Day 2024 – and the culmination of all my time and effort in high school. I was in awe of the opportunity presented to me. Princeton felt like something I could only dream about, but nothing I could ever actually achieve. Reading my acceptance letter, I no longer had […]
On March 20, President Trump signed an executive order aimed at dismantling the federal Department of Education (DoE). Since the announcement, critics have flooded social media and opinion sections with pessimistic projections: small universities will die, the state of public K-12 schooling will fall into even greater disrepair, and civil rights protections will be rolled […]
In a wealthy society on the cusp of generation-defining technological advancement, a political party grapples with the kind of polarization that compels some pundits to predict imminent civil war. Western powers are fruitlessly fighting for influence in the Middle East. Back on the home front, a sizable contingent of religious Americans find themselves feeling alienated […]
Every Saturday, I walk past Nassau Hall on my way toward Witherspoon Street, drawn by the diversion of a hot cup of coffee and a quick lunch before returning to my classwork. Passing FitzRandolph Gate onto the sidewalk beside Nassau Street, I always encounter a small group of pro-Ukrainian protesters soliciting donations for the embattled […]
On January 20, 2025, Donald J. Trump was inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States, ushering in a new era of leadership with a cabinet marked by a blend of loyal allies, seasoned political figures, and bold outsider picks. Here, we—the former leaders of Princeton College Republicans—offer our thoughts on five of President […]
As President Ronald Reagan bid our nation farewell in 1989, he recalled an amusing anecdote from the South China Sea. The USS Midway aircraft carrier had spotted a small, ramshackle boat of Indonesian refugees, and as one of its sailors approached to assist them, he received a joyous greeting: “Hello, American sailor! Hello, freedom man!” […]
Manners are indispensable to a democratic society and therefore merit a degree of seriousness they are not presently afforded. The ensuing argument for manners will unfold in two parts. First, I will envision a Lockean democratic regime, consisting of free individuals, in which manners are absent in order to illustrate their significance. Second, I will […]
The chaotic anti-Israel protests of last year have faded, but quieter, more insidious biases have remained entrenched on Princeton’s campus. One need look no further than the experience of an Israel club I’m involved with, B’Artzeinu, where university policies have enabled departments and professors to discriminate against pro-Israel students and organizations. This past July, in […]
Two years ago, my father—a lifelong Democrat—told Rachel Maddow that she and other MSNBC anchors should take immigration, particularly illegal immigration, seriously, and lobby President Biden to do the same. For years, Democrats either dismissed immigration concerns or embraced left-wing positions to court Hispanic voters. My father believed that ignoring this issue would hurt the […]
National attention on campus free-speech issues tends to focus on only the most sensational threats. Incidents like speaker shout-downs, disruptive protests, physical attacks, major petitions, or unjust firings garner the most attention from alumni and the general public. And rightly so – there is no shortage of incidents that ought to cause outrage from those […]
Elon Musk and Vice President-elect JD Vance recently defended Germany’s Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) political party, a far-right party whose leaders have made comments suggesting that they align with neo-Nazism. While I concede that the Left tends to overuse the terms “racist,” “Nazi,” and “far-right,” if the AfD—an ethno-nationalist party with leadership that has been […]
The interplay between liberalism and democracy is a pivotal topic in political philosophy, particularly regarding how each ideology shapes governance and societal values. Aristotle’s classification of states into monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy laid the groundwork for understanding these systems; however, French sociologist Émile Durkheim’s critique reveals a deeper complexity. Durkheim argued that the true distinction […]
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