During the last months of 2015, Congressional leaders passed a budget agreement to fund the federal government through 2017 and avert another potential shutdown. This $1.1 trillion budget agreement raises spending by $66 billion and increases the national deficit by approximately $500 billion. However, despite such massive spending increases, the budget agreement does not give […]
Dedicated to Justice Antonin Scalia and Professor Robert P. George With the 2015 video scandal which questioned Planned Parenthood funding and possible medical malpractice; with the 50th Anniversary of Griswold v. Connecticut; with the on-coming 2016 US Presidential Election; and with the tragic passing of the most senior member of the United States Supreme […]
Greetings, Tories! Introduction S. Lewis once posited that “you can make anything by writing.” It is because I believe in the power of the written word – in print or on-screen – that I have greatly enjoyed serving as writer and managing editor for the Tory for the last year. And it is with […]
As an antithesis of the unalienable individual rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, one of the things that this country’s founders feared most is the tyranny of the majority. It was for the prevention of such tyranny that the Constitution was written to limit the federal government and provide for checks and […]
Editor’s Note: The Tory sat down with Gideon Rosen, Stuart Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University, to discuss his academic work and the 2016 presidential election. The views expressed herein are those of the respective speakers and do not necessarily reflect those of the Tory. A transcript of the interview follows, edited for clarity and […]
This is the second in a series on Princeton University and the eating clubs. Follow this link to read the first article. Introduction The common room of the four-story stone mansion has a high ceiling with a 25-light chandelier. A balcony overlooks dark brown leather couches, surrounded by matching walnut-hued paneling. The cranberry-colored carpet […]
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