On January 20, 2025, Donald J. Trump was inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States, ushering in a new era of leadership with a cabinet marked by a...
Soft Power and Self-Determination in an Age of Expansionism
As President Ronald Reagan bid our nation farewell in 1989, he recalled an amusing anecdote from the South China Sea. The USS Midway aircraft carrier had spotted a small, ramshackle...
Opinion
Assessing President Trump’s Cabinet Choices
On January 20, 2025, Donald J. Trump was inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States, ushering in a new era of leadership with a cabinet marked by a...
Soft Power and Self-Determination in an Age of Expansionism
As President Ronald Reagan bid our nation farewell in 1989, he recalled an amusing anecdote from the South China Sea. The USS Midway aircraft carrier had spotted a small, ramshackle...
A Case for Manners
Manners are indispensable to a democratic society and therefore merit a degree of seriousness they are not presently afforded. The ensuing argument for manners will unfold in two parts. First,...
News
Zach Gardner ’26 Selected Publisher of the Princeton Tory, Khoa Sands ’26 Named Editor-In-Chief
On February 8, 2025, The Princeton Tory announced its new leadership for the 41st Managing Board. Zach Gardner ’26 has been elected Publisher, and Khoa Sands ’26 will serve as...
Princeton Departments’ Refusal to Co-Sponsor Play about 10/7 Reveals Bias Against Zionist Students
The chaotic anti-Israel protests of last year have faded, but quieter, more insidious biases have remained entrenched on Princeton’s campus. One need look no further than the experience of an...
Sunrise Princeton hosts “Emergency Rally for Climate Justice”; Princeton resumes energy research funding
On Friday, October 4, Sunrise Princeton, a climate justice student organization, held an “Emergency Rally for Climate Justice” in front of Nassau Hall. The rally drew approximately 30 attendees, who...
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Policy
Democrats must take a stronger stand on immigration
Two years ago, my father—a lifelong Democrat—told Rachel Maddow that she and other MSNBC anchors should take immigration, particularly illegal immigration, seriously, and lobby President Biden to do the same....
Against the Policy Mindset
National attention on campus free-speech issues tends to focus on only the most sensational threats. Incidents like speaker shout-downs, disruptive protests, physical attacks, major petitions, or unjust firings garner the...
Biden’s Missteps, Assad’s Fall
Sunday marked the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, the end of a half-century of rule by the Assad family and the culmination of the country’s nearly 14-year-long civil...
Culture
A Case for Manners
Manners are indispensable to a democratic society and therefore merit a degree of seriousness they are not presently afforded. The ensuing argument for manners will unfold in two parts. First,...
Against the Policy Mindset
National attention on campus free-speech issues tends to focus on only the most sensational threats. Incidents like speaker shout-downs, disruptive protests, physical attacks, major petitions, or unjust firings garner the...
Republicans: It’s time to confront white nationalism and neo-Nazism
Elon Musk and Vice President-elect JD Vance recently defended Germany’s Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) political party, a far-right party whose leaders have made comments suggesting that they align with neo-Nazism....
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