Welcome back! As I wrote in my letter for our last edition, we closed school last year on something of a strange, new note. Princeton students, defying the old stereotype that cast them as politically disinterested and perhaps even uninformed, protested in public, in print, and by petition on a range of issues from campus […]
In late July, the University of New Hampshire issued a “Bias-Free Language Guide” designed to help students “invite inclusive excellence” on campus. To many commenters, the Guide represented the apex of political correctness and asinine policymaking. Why? The word ‘American’ is ‘problematic’ because it excludes residents of other North and South American nations. Instead, students […]
When President Obama spoke at American University on August 5 to promote his nuclear agreement with Iran, he was hoping to invite comparison to President John F. Kennedy through the choice of place, time, and language. President Kennedy too chose American University as the location for an important address about nuclear policy, and August 5th […]
“This is Sparta?” we asked, disappointed, as we stared out at the barren landscape below us. There isn’t much to see of ancient Sparta nowadays, and, according to Thucydides, there never really was much to see: the Spartans famously had avoided all luxury and ostentation. My fellow travelers through Greece—mostly graduate students in Classics or […]
Congressman Tom Price, M.D. is the Chairman of the House Committee on the Budget and has represented the Sixth District of Georgia since 2004. Dr. Price serves on the Ways and Means Committee and was previously the chairman of the House Republican Policy Committee and the Republican Study Committee. Prior to his election to Congress, […]
In my one year at Princeton, I’ve uncovered an important truth—one that I imagine others who are fairly new to this thing called college also learn about themselves. I am wrong a lot. While at Princeton, I’ve discovered that I am wrong quite often—while answering questions on midterms, finding buildings on campus, and speaking with […]
Despite the recent stability among Europe’s nation-states, the continent has for generations been incredibly divided. In addition to wars and centuries-long rivalries, the demographic composition of the states themselves has often been a source of conflict. As alliances, conquests, and marriages merged the territories of Europe’s many kingdoms over the centuries, minority groups were invariably […]
Speaking at a ceremony conferring honorable citizenship upon Winston Churchill, President John F. Kennedy praised the former British prime minister for his “zest for freedom” in the face of grave danger. “Whenever and wherever tyranny threatened,” said Kennedy, “he has always championed liberty.” Indeed, this heroic support of political freedom and liberty is an extraordinary […]
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