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 most attention from alumni and the general public. And rightly so – there is no shortage of incidents that ought to cause outrage from those […]
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. While I concede that the Left tends to overuse the terms “racist,” “Nazi,” and “far-right,” if the AfD—an ethno-nationalist party with leadership that has been […]
In the morning hours of Wednesday, December 4, Luigi Mangione murdered UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson as he walked to the New York Hilton Midtown to speak at his company’s annual investors’ conference. This appalling premeditated murder, captured on surveillance footage for all to view, was met with equally disgusting reactions from the typical actors: journalists, […]
“Democrats need to…say, yes, there is misogyny, but it’s not just misogyny from white men. It’s misogyny from Hispanic men, it’s misogyny from black men.” That was MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough’s analysis of the November 5 election results. Indeed, many pundits and so-called academics on the left have pushed a similar narrative: namely that Trump’s win […]
On the morning of June 29, 2023, the Supreme Court was the last thing on my mind. In fact, at that time, I couldn’t have cared less about what the Court did. A friend from school was about to come over for a week, and, like a true Chinese parent, my mom insisted I clean […]
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 […]
For years, celebrating the Jewish holiday of Purim was just that: a celebration. As a kid, I dressed up in all manners of costumes, from a purple Crayola crayon to a cheerleader from one of my favorite childhood television shows; I attended carnivals put on by my school and synagogue; I gathered with my family, […]
America has an Ivy League problem. With each day comes a new ridiculous headline or opinion poll showing how Ivy League students, alumni, and administrators are growing increasingly out of touch with common sense. This growing divergence, coupled with the disproportionate influence of Ivy League graduates in the public sphere, has sparked new levels of […]
Dear Tories, In October and November, hundreds of Princeton students and professors gathered before Nassau Hall to call for the eradication of the Jewish state. Repeated calls for “Intifada” and cheering Palestinian “resistance” against Israel rang out – not-so-subtle endorsements of the October 7 slaughter and kidnapping of hundreds of innocents. Yet the University has […]
When Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy began rapping Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” during the Iowa State Fair, many were rightfully confused. Why would a highly accomplished individual who seeks to occupy the highest office in the land do something so over-the-top? The answer is that Ramaswamy understands the importance of connecting conservative values to likable people. […]
I am conflicted about how to think of the future. I am first drawn to the opinion of the optimist, charmed by John Stuart Mill’s assessment that “our general tendency is that towards a better and happier state.” This is a view that speaks of our current participation in an upward arc of modern civilization, […]
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die, a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to […]
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