On April 15, I had the pleasure of hosting, on behalf of the Cliosophic Society, Ambassador John Bolton at Princeton’s Nassau Inn for a discussion entitled “The Room Where It Happened: National Security Decisions Under Pressure.” Bolton’s legacy as a leading professional in American foreign policy offered more than a glimpse behind the diplomatic curtain; […]
This January, I had the pleasure of succeeding Tory publisher William Neumann as the Cliosophic Society (Clio) Chairman. Clio, the right-leaning society within Whig-Clio, regularly hosts notable conservative speakers. On February 26th, we welcomed AEI Senior Fellow Charles Murray to campus for our first event of 2026. Murray has authored well-known books such as Coming […]
On January 30, as I walked down McCosh Walk toward Sherrerd Hall, I heard a multitude of voices chanting, “Free, free Palestine!” I had learned earlier in the week that an “ICE Out” protest would be taking place, but I assumed the frigid temperature would discourage attendance. Yet, as I approached the protestors, I realized […]
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 […]
About Kafka’s great story, “A Hunger Artist,” Richard A. Posner observed, “The hunger artist is tormented by his inability to convince an indifferent world of his artistic integrity.” So, too, Princeton’s recent hunger artists’ professed anguish that the University had not endorsed their cause. Princeton’s hunger artists have decamped their recent performance protest on Cannon […]
Dear Tories, It’s my absolute pleasure to usher this publication into another decade. Throughout the past thirty-five years, Princeton students have decided over and over again to invest countless hours into the Tory. The collective willpower of these Princetonians has kept this magazine going longer than anyone could have imagined. The Tory has even been […]
Photo of counter-protesters on Saturday, Jan. 12. Courtesy of MyCentralJersey.com In response to a white supremacist rally planned for 12 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019, right-of-center University professors condemned white supremacy more broadly and asserted that ideas propagated by the movement were not only contrary to their own values but important to be countered. […]
On Jan. 16, 2019, the staff of The Princeton Tory selected Editor-in-Chief Joaquim Brooks ’20 as publisher of the 35th Managing Board. The only other candidate for the position was Managing Editor Michael Smilek ’20. “I am looking forward to a year of growth for the magazine,” Brooks said, adding that his efforts at the […]
View of the classical facade of Whig Hall. Courtesy of whigclio.princeton.edu Since the beginning of 2018, the American Whig-Cliosophic Society (Whig-Clio) has struggled to grapple with internal strife as well as charges of anti-conservative bias. The society, founded in 1765 by students like James Madison and Aaron Burr, is the oldest collegiate political union and […]
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