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On Preconceived Notions: A Conservative’s Perspective

/May 6, 2019

A Princeton precept. Courtesy of Tori Repp. The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. College conservatives are often afraid to express their opinions to their friends or classmates, and I understand this concern: why position yourself to be criticized, laughed at, and even ridiculed when you want to get good […]

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Every Space is a Moral Space

/April 30, 2019

The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. It is never desirable to be accused of moralism. We don’t want to be beholden to the stuffy demands of a grandparent who embraces the last vestiges of a Puritan heritage. Even if the word “morality” is generally understood, the concept today no […]

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The Lawsplainer: A Matter of Nondelegation

/April 3, 2019

The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. The doctrine of nondelegation has in recent years increasingly become a mainstay of conservative and libertarian jurisprudence. This counterrevolution against the bureaucratic hedonism of the federal administrative state crescendoed most recently with the appointment of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court of the […]

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Why Howard Schultz Should Run for President: It’s Not Because He’ll Win

/March 12, 2019

The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. American political parties are stuck in a rut. The Democrats’ “Green New Deal” is close to becoming accepted orthodoxy. Republicans have convinced themselves that lowering taxes and increasing spending will eliminate the United States’ nearly $20-trillion debt. Every day brings a new slate […]

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The Saturday Essay: Goods Costlier than Money

/March 9, 2019

The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. There are two contemporary conversations about feminism. One, simply put, deals with the question of whether or not men and women are essentially the same or have inherent differences between them. The other asks how we are to ensure that men and women […]

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The Case Against D.C. Statehood

/March 6, 2019

The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. In the latest episode of let’s-reshape-institutions-that-make-us-lose, Democrats have turned on the “insufficiently democratic” Senate. The new brand of complaint has now evolved into an argument for District of Columbia statehood. The argument runs like this: D.C. has a population of about 700,000 people. […]

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The Saturday Essay: Princeton’s Concern with Morality

/January 25, 2019

The Hall at Christ Church, Oxford The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. An academic seems no more obtuse and irrelevant than when he questions the very purpose of academia. If he himself is unable to explain why he applies himself to vague and outlandish lines of inquiry, then his […]

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The Carbon Tax: A Conservative Solution

/January 25, 2019

The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. In today’s polarized politics, few liberals would expect a Republican to care about the environment. However people often forget that conservatism and conservation have a tightly woven past. The Environmental Protection Agency owes a debt of thanks to President Nixon; the Climate Stewardship […]

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