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The Right Goes Postmodern

/May 21, 2023

“We are not gonna let this state be overrun by woke ideology,” Ron DeSantis declared in his gubernatorial victory speech last year. “We will fight the woke in the businesses, we will fight the woke in government agencies, we will fight the woke in our schools. We will never ever surrender to the woke agenda. […]

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Beyond “Broken Windows” Social Policy Arguments

/April 21, 2023

Conservatives should make more substantive moral arguments in policy debates. Broken windows policing says, in brief, that police ought to focus on basic issues of public order and cleanliness to establish a community culture inhospitable to serious crime. The theory, originated by the neoconservative James Q. Wilson in 1982, was extremely influential in the crime […]

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The Office of Religious Life Got it Right: A Response to Zachariah Sippy ’23

/February 20, 2023

Zachariah Sippy ’23 argued in a recent op-ed that the Princeton Office of Religious Life’s (ORL) decision to include Yom Haatzmaut (Israeli Independence Day) and Yom Hazikaron (Israel’s Memorial Day) on a list of religious holidays is exclusionary to “non- and anti-Zionist” Jewish students.  Sippy spills a lot of ink detailing the litany of political […]

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My Own Philosophy of Race

/January 17, 2023

  Last semester, I took an African American Studies Class called “The Philosophy of Race.” I’m glad I took the class – it offered me a new perspective and insight into the enslavement of black people in the United States and the current condition of black Americans. I read the best works of black literary […]

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Where Are the Conservative Conservationists?

/December 21, 2022

The GOP envisions itself as staunch supporters of America in all of its beauty. In 2020, former president Trump ordered that public architecture imitate classical styles in order to “inspire the human spirit” and “ennoble the United States.” This is a definite step in the right direction, and should be applauded by anyone who appreciates […]

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In Defense of Bronze – and John Witherspoon

/December 20, 2022

“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And that process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the […]

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Princeton Falls Flat on Promises of Freedom of Expression and a Diverse Student Body

/December 20, 2022

Princeton claims it is “committed to free and open inquiry in all matters” and promises to promote “a lively and fearless freedom of debate and deliberation,” according to the University’s Rights, Rules, and Responsibilities. The University is not living up to these high ideals. A recent survey of conservative students on campus conducted by the […]

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