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The Saturday Essay: Against Pornography

/December 28, 2019

The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. The #MeToo movement exposed a number of liberal Hollywood executives and actors as sex criminals. This should come as no surprise. The obscene and degrading media that is pornography—the stuff of “empowerment,” according to many leftists—is partly to blame for the #MeToo problem.  […]

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Don’t Judge Historical Figures through a Modern Moral Lens

/December 27, 2019

Woodrow Wilson School. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. With October’s dedication of “Double Sights,” an installation which recognizes Woodrow Wilson’s complex legacy, placed outside of the school named after him, the national debate over the legacy of historical figures has returned to the center […]

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Preventing a Popularity Contest: The Electoral College Works Exactly the Way It Should

/December 26, 2019

2016 Electoral College results alongside President Donald J. Trump. Courtesy of Gage Skidmore via Flickr.com, modified by Daniel Schwarzhoff The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. Fifteen states plus Washington, D.C. have adopted the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, a promise to award all of a state’s electors in a […]

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Ask Anscombe: Does Marriage Even Make Sense Anymore?

/November 16, 2019

The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. Dear Anscombe, I recently read an article in Medium entitled “Does Marriage Even Make Sense Anymore?” The author writes that, on the one hand, the desire for marriage boils down to a desire for social validation and personal security – “we’re happier with […]

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Divorcing Whiteness from Western Civilization

/November 14, 2019

Minoan fresco. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. When I first told my friends about the title of this article, I received every response imaginable. Some said it was a good idea, others said that it would be difficult or controversial. But the most interesting […]

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Against Norman Finkelstein’s Anti-Semitism And His Normalizers

/October 20, 2019

Norman Finkelstein, Courtesy of YouTube The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. I always thought that Princeton was different. I thought the academy, in its erudition, was resistant to a resurgent, global, and vicious anti-Semitism. Last week, I realized that I was wrong. But Jew-hatred didn’t just crash the party. […]

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The Lawsplainer: The Case Against Birthright Citizenship

/September 23, 2019

Courtesy of Jeff Turner via Flickr.com The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. It is no controversial assertion that the Trump Administration’s words and actions have raised serious questions about constitutional provisions and principles long believed to be settled. The Administration has faced perhaps the greatest resistance in its approach […]

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