How has measles, a disease previously eliminated within the U.S., once again become a threat? The recent outbreak in Texas is especially concerning, considering we already have an effective tool against the virus: the Mumps, Measles, and Rubella vaccine (MMR vaccine). The MMR vaccine is 97% effective against measles even with just one shot. At […]
In a wealthy society on the cusp of generation-defining technological advancement, a political party grapples with the kind of polarization that compels some pundits to predict imminent civil war. Western powers are fruitlessly fighting for influence in the Middle East. Back on the home front, a sizable contingent of religious Americans find themselves feeling alienated […]
On Tuesday, October 1, CBS hosted the Vice Presidential debate at CBS headquarters in New York City. I watched the debate on TV at Princeton, and what I saw impressed me. On nearly every issue, Senator JD Vance (R-OH) demonstrated command of the facts and dominated Governor Tim Walz (D-MN). On immigration, Vance correctly noted […]
On May 23, I attended former President Donald Trump’s rally in the Bronx. It was my first time at a Trump event, and it felt historic – his first New York City event since 2016. It also enabled Trump to show off how the MAGA movement is drawing in demographics that GOP leaders have long […]
“Old=Bad…Old=Bad” Christopher Huh ’21 The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. Christopher Huh
“How It Should Be” Grace Koh ’20 The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. Grace Koh
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 […]
Courtesy of Princeton University. “Are great political struggles ever sustained without prophets?” asked Professor Emeritus of Politics Maurizio Viroli in a Dec. 9 lecture. The talk, co-sponsored by the James Madison Program and the Program in Italian Studies, was centered on Italy’s unification (Risorgimento), and the “voices which urged Italians to emancipate themselves from their […]
Courtesy of the National Park Service. The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. The success of our liberal democracy requires a mutual sense of empathy between all citizens. The rights and liberties of every person depend upon their toleration by others as well as a recognition that each person perceives […]
The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. In the latest episode of let’s-reshape-institutions-that-make-us-lose, Democrats have turned on the “insufficiently democratic” Senate. The new brand of complaint has now evolved into an argument for District of Columbia statehood. The argument runs like this: D.C. has a population of about 700,000 people. […]
The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. “A man who bleeds from his genitals every month has a medical problem,” my philosophy professor once quipped while discussing Plato’s Meno, “yet a woman who bleeds every month is healthy.” While there is a unified concept of health, Plato argued, how it […]
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