…a more violent and less democratic outcome as the crisis unfolded, and the Lebanese case is complicated by that country’s diverse and often fraught ethnic and religious background. Nevertheless, like…
…universities around the country, and despite our close proximity to Manhattan, few Princeton students are engaging in the protest. It is their common root that has left Princetonians largely disengaged…
…undergirded by a vibrant civil society. Its constitution was written by the military junta, and the current president, Thein Sein—although nominally a civilian—was a former military general with close ties…
By Sam Norton, Tory New Hampshire In the spring of 2009, three-term Senator Judd Gregg announced that he would be retiring, setting off a marquee race in this perennial battleground.…
…Iran,” with the message of hope and change and democracy. His slogan was “Dialogue Among Civilizations,” because at the time [Samuel Huntington] wrote a book [Clash of Civilizations] about the…
…his coinage of that oh-so popular exhortation: carpe diem. However, in reading him in the original, he did for me what Shakespeare has done for many of my peers. He…
…When terrorists rape and slaughter innocent women and children, it is evil and a profound threat to everything I value in our civilization. When terrorists tie families together and burn…
…of Confederation, which emphasized state sovereignty, Madison emphasized a strong national government with the power to make and enforce federal laws. The government would be composed of an executive, legislative,…
…repeated argument for this conclusion based itself on the fact that older notions of human anthropology, God, and the common good no longer ground claims of rights. Instead, since the…
The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. Socrates, coming across Modernigias staring pensively into the Woody Woo Fountain, begins to question him. SOCRATES: What, my…
…to understand what it would take to change your own mind. A common epistemological game is to determine your main argument for any given topic and then ask, “Would I…
…place worldwide in inoculating citizens and residents – the fact remains that Israel has excluded some 4.5 million Palestinians from the population it inoculates, although they all live under its…
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