Posts by Billy Wade
Why I Would Send My Kids to Princeton | OPINION
A 2014 article entitled Don’t Send Your Kid to the Ivy League by William Deresiewicz (an Ivy grad and faculty member) argued that “[o]ur system of elite education manufactures young people who are . . . great at what they’re doing but with no idea why they’re doing it.” Students at “prestigious institutions,” it claimed, are always concerned…
Read MorePrinceton Student Government Throws Referendum Vote Into Chaos, Multiple Objections Filed | NEWS
Image Courtesy of Wiki Commons Election chaos has come to Princeton. Preliminary results from April 13th indicate that the BDS-aligned Referendum 3, which called on the University to stop using Caterpillar construction equipment, had failed to win a majority of student support. The election ended in a plurality vote with 44% of Princeton students…
Read MoreNew Tory Podcast with Wang Xiyue, a Princeton Graduate Student Who Was Imprisoned in Iran | Podcast
Visual of the Iranian Military Hall. Courtesy of nara.getarchive.net Princeton graduate student Wang Xiyue’s story is as unique as it is inspiring. After becoming a United States citizen at age 28, in 2016 Wang was arrested in Iran and held captive for 40 months for the sole crime of being an American citizen. Since…
Read MoreDoing Right Regardless of Others’ Wrongs: Impeachment Perspectives | OPINION
Wade Argues that Republicans Damage the Conservative Cause by Rejecting Joe Biden as President (Photo Credit: Chip Somodevilla) The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. During the January 12th impeachment hearing, a little-known Republican Congressman named Dan Newhouse (WA-04) rose to a podium in the House of Representatives…
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