Posts by The Princeton Tory
Point-Counterpoint: California’s Proposition 19
In Support of Prop 19 By Natalie Sanchez, PPN California voters face a number of decisions in the upcoming general election. Of special interest nationwide is Proposition 19, which, according to the California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO), would allow individuals age 21 or older to possess and cultivate limited amounts of marijuana for personal use.…
Read MoreCommentary: The Ideological Origins of the Tea Party
By James Di Palma-Grisi, Tory Since the Tea Party’s inception, it has been unclear whether the movement is a genuine mass protest or a staged machination by the traditional political establishment. While only 5% voted for Obama in 2008, and while their funding sources are traditional Republican strongholds (like Americans for Prosperity), 20% of the…
Read MoreA Snapshot of Contested Political Races in the Midwest.
By Branden Lewiston, Tory The quirky yet quintessentially American region that brought us Jesse Ventura, Al Franken, and Rod Blagojevich promises to deliver many new electoral surprises this mid-term cycle. The common theme is that the national anti-establishment tide spells trouble for many incumbent Democrats in the region, but the politics of local personalities still…
Read MoreSouthern Political Roundup
By Jeff Schwartz, Tory In a year most analysts predict that control of the House of Representative and even the Senate has fallen within reach of the Republican Party, the South is no exception. In a region generally distrustful of increased government economic interference and ‘big government’, the legislative agenda of President Barack Obama, Speaker…
Read MoreNE Roundup-Governor Elections
By Brennan Robbins, PPN Massachusetts Governor Race: In Massachusetts, Democratic Governor Deval Patrick faces a difficult challenge from Charlie Baker, a former CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare with moderate credentials. Baker is competing for the anti-Patrick vote with an independent candidate, Massachusetts Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill. Formerly a Democrat, Cahill became a Fox News fixture…
Read MoreSouth Races
By Lamar Robinson, PPN Alabama In Alabama there is a Senate race that exactly no one thinks is competitive. Republican incumbent Richard Shelby is expected to cruise to reelection against Democrat attorney William Barnes. Shelby has been in the Senate since 1987. Alabama also has a governor’s race to settle this year. The GOP incumbent…
Read MoreIllinois Senate Race
By Lisa Femia, PPN On Sunday October 10th, Illinois Senate candidates State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias (D) and U.S. Representative Mark Kirk (R) met for their first debate on “Meet the Press.” The focus of the debate? Not policy issues, as one would expect, but rather issues of personal integrity. The race for the seat formerly…
Read MoreHarry Reid and Sharron Angle
By Shane Mitchell, PPN The campaign for Nevada’s seat in the Senate is one of the most hotly contested races this election season. Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat, is opposed by Sharron Angle, a Tea Party Republican. Both parties are throwing their full weight behind this election, and—regardless of the result—the victorious party will…
Read MorePublisher’s Letter: The “C-Word”
Greetings, Class of 2014, Congratulations and welcome to Princeton University! More importantly, welcome to a serious institution of higher learning bereft of that immature, adolescent notion of socio-academic stratification—well, not entirely. On any given day, you are more likely than not to hear the name of one or more of the following mutually inclusive student…
Read MoreCensored: The Politics Behind Silencing Nonie Darwish
by Aaron Smargon ’11 Last month’s cancellation of Nonie Darwish’s November 18th talk, “Sharia Law and Perspectives on Israel,” brought to light how controversial a figure she is. The attention given to Darwish’s statements, however, has obscured some unpleasant truths about how student organizations operate on campus. The clubs in question—Tigers for Israel (TFI), the…
Read MoreCommunity-based Conservatism: Sketching a Comprehensive New Conservatism for the 21st Century
By Brandon McGinley ’10 Back in November 2008, in my second article for the last pages of the Tory, I wrote of the “blank slate” with which American conservatism was presented after the election of Barack Obama. As for how best to take advantage of this opportunity, I spoke only in the broadest language: “we…
Read MoreThe Trouble with SHARE
by Audrey Pollnow In 2008, 18 forcible sex offenses were reported on Princeton’s main campus. Given that 17 of those sex offenses occurred in a residential facility, the majority were almost certainly instances of date rape.1 Given how large a problem this is, Princeton demonstrates an appropriate attitude of concern in choosing to address the…
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