The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. Dear Anscombe, I recently read an article in Medium entitled “Does Marriage Even Make Sense Anymore?” The author writes that, on the one hand, the desire for marriage boils down to a desire for social validation and personal security – “we’re happier with […]
Minoan fresco. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. When I first told my friends about the title of this article, I received every response imaginable. Some said it was a good idea, others said that it would be difficult or controversial. But the most interesting […]
Norman Finkelstein, Courtesy of YouTube The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. I always thought that Princeton was different. I thought the academy, in its erudition, was resistant to a resurgent, global, and vicious anti-Semitism. Last week, I realized that I was wrong. But Jew-hatred didn’t just crash the party. […]
New American Dreams Grace Koh ’20 The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. Grace Koh
Courtesy of Jeff Turner via Flickr.com The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. It is no controversial assertion that the Trump Administration’s words and actions have raised serious questions about constitutional provisions and principles long believed to be settled. The Administration has faced perhaps the greatest resistance in its approach […]
SpaceX’s livestream of “Starman” in space The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. With private companies like SpaceX on the brink of being able to provide reliable space travel, the fantasy of exploring the vast cosmos beyond the Moon has grown closer to reality. We approach a new age of […]
Courtesy of Don Sniegowski via Flickr.com The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. American soft power is in terminal decline – or so we have been told. The Council on Foreign Relations has decried the “the swift decline of American soft power.” The New Republic trumpets that “we are witnessing […]
The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. In his 1986 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Holocaust survivor and author of Night Elie Wiesel spoke pointedly against neutrality at times of moral crisis. “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the […]
The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. Dear Anscombe, Is pornography bad for you and why? Even before we get to the question of whether porn is helpful or harmful, let’s talk about just how widespread it is in our society. At least thirty percent of all internet data transfer […]
The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. Throughout the endless bickering and infighting that has characterized the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union, one politician’s astute observation has been overlooked. Michael Roth, Germany’s Deputy Foreign Minister, did not mince words when he exclaimed that Brexit is a “big sh*t […]
What a Deal! Grace Koh ’20 The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. Grace Koh
McCosh Hall, Princeton University. Courtesy of Bosc d’Anjou via Flickr.com The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. The American academy is failing, and Harvard is to blame. A structured curriculum, developed over centuries, educated everyone from Thomas Aquinas to Hegel to John Witherspoon. The classical education, however, has been […]
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