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How Elite Institutions Fail at Producing Competent Leaders

/May 11, 2019

The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. Throughout the endless bickering and infighting that has characterized the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union, one politician’s astute observation has been overlooked. Michael Roth, Germany’s Deputy Foreign Minister, did not mince words when he exclaimed that Brexit is a “big sh*t […]

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Collegiate Incoherence: A Closer Look

/May 9, 2019

McCosh Hall, Princeton University. Courtesy of Bosc d’Anjou via Flickr.com   The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. The American academy is failing, and Harvard is to blame. A structured curriculum, developed over centuries, educated everyone from Thomas Aquinas to Hegel to John Witherspoon. The classical education, however, has been […]

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On Preconceived Notions: A Conservative’s Perspective

/May 6, 2019

A Princeton precept. Courtesy of Tori Repp. The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. College conservatives are often afraid to express their opinions to their friends or classmates, and I understand this concern: why position yourself to be criticized, laughed at, and even ridiculed when you want to get good […]

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Every Space is a Moral Space

/April 30, 2019

The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. It is never desirable to be accused of moralism. We don’t want to be beholden to the stuffy demands of a grandparent who embraces the last vestiges of a Puritan heritage. Even if the word “morality” is generally understood, the concept today no […]

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The Lawsplainer: A Matter of Nondelegation

/April 3, 2019

The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. The doctrine of nondelegation has in recent years increasingly become a mainstay of conservative and libertarian jurisprudence. This counterrevolution against the bureaucratic hedonism of the federal administrative state crescendoed most recently with the appointment of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court of the […]

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Why Howard Schultz Should Run for President: It’s Not Because He’ll Win

/March 12, 2019

The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. American political parties are stuck in a rut. The Democrats’ “Green New Deal” is close to becoming accepted orthodoxy. Republicans have convinced themselves that lowering taxes and increasing spending will eliminate the United States’ nearly $20-trillion debt. Every day brings a new slate […]

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The Saturday Essay: Goods Costlier than Money

/March 9, 2019

The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. There are two contemporary conversations about feminism. One, simply put, deals with the question of whether or not men and women are essentially the same or have inherent differences between them. The other asks how we are to ensure that men and women […]

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