In contemporary American politics a select few contentious issues dominate the news coverage of every major election. The economy, foreign policy, abortion, and a plethora of other issues continuously impact elections. In the 2024 election cycle, one salient issue dominated news coverage: immigration policy. After several decades of lenient immigration policy, America became harshly divided […]
After completing a law enforcement-based internship at a small state park this past summer, it struck me that, unlike being a judicial or finance intern behind a desk hunched over a computer, nothing I had learned at Princeton sufficiently prepared me for a job requiring face-to-face confrontations, real-world leadership, law enforcement procedure, or anything else […]
This past September, a proud alumnus of Princeton University gave one of the most significant and consequential speeches of the 21st century. The speech was held in Quantico, Virginia, and it thoroughly outlined the extensive overhaul of the Department of Defense, as it was previously known. Pete Hegseth, on September 30th, 2025, the newly-declared Secretary […]
What follows is a transcript of an interview with Professor Robert P. George, conducted by Ethan Grover (’26) and Lauren Zuravel (’28) on October 27, 2025. They sat down to discuss Professor George’s perspective on the most pressing issues in bioethics. Ethan and Lauren: Just as a background, how do you define bioethics, and how […]
Barry Goldwater, former Republican Presidential nominee, once said, “Where will it end? Will we permit all computerized systems to interlink nationwide so that every detail of our personal lives can be assembled instantly for use by a single bureaucrat or institution?” That was in 1974. Goldwater wouldn’t be able to search the World Wide Web […]
Sunday, September 15, 2025 — shots are fired on the Princeton Battlefield. Young soldiers rush at each other, bayonets and shotguns in hand. They fight tirelessly through the morning, excited by the prospect of glory. Yet, as noon passes, they grow weary. Seeking energy and sustenance, they throw down their weapons and collapse in the […]
We hear it all the time: we live in the age of disinformation. Social media users all contain biases and omit/distort truths that make it difficult to know who and what to trust. Our commitment to the right of free expression exacerbates this problem by hindering potential attempts at regulation. However, free speech boasts an […]
Beatrice Prince (‘28): I met Charlie Kirk this summer outside the White House while I was interning for Senator Tom Cotton. I had followed him for nearly ten years, but that day he became real to me. He didn’t just shake my hand and move on; he stopped, smiled, and spoke to me with a […]
A response to Khoa Sands ’26 On July 2, 1881 — exactly 105 years after the Continental Congress voted to declare American independence from Great Britain — President James A. Garfield was shot by a disgruntled, and likely schizophrenic, lawyer named Charles J. Guiteau. During the 1880 campaign cycle, an unknown Guiteau had supposedly delivered […]
As we begin to celebrate the country’s semiquincentennial, let’s remember it could have turned out far differently. “Now the onely way to avoyde this shipwracke, and to provide for our posterity, is to followe the counsell of Micah, to doe justly, to love mercy, to walk humbly with our God. For this end, wee must […]
The Trump administration’s decision to neutralize Iran’s nuclear facilities was a heroic, necessary, and indispensable act of global leadership. In just 12 days, the United States and Israel halted the nuclear ambitions of the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism, achieving this–thank God–with zero American casualties. However, to the Princeton School of Public & International […]
Last December, former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy took to X (formerly Twitter) to share a now-infamous rant about the supposed decay of American culture. With his signature populist edge, he claimed the United States “venerates mediocrity” and punishes ambition, arguing immigrants from Asia (and their American-born children) outperform multi-generational Americans because they come from […]
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