Posts by Robbie Freeman

Recognition of longtime Tory staffer Solveig Gold is in order, as she was one of the two winners of the University’s Pyne Prize last month. The Pyne Honor Prize, established in 1921, is awarded to seniors who have most clearly manifested excellent scholarship, strength of character and effective leadership. Congratulations, Solveig!  After an undefeated season…

Princeton advertises its efforts for diversity of all types among its undergraduates, stating that it “aspires to be a truly diverse community in which individuals of every gender, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation and socioeconomic status can flourish.” Yet one particular group that possesses an extremely diverse set of experiences and skills is massively underrepresented—…

Out of the tumult and chaos of the 2016 election cycle, there emerges a painfully clear lesson: the Republican Party is a house divided against itself. For proof of this, consider only that 17 candidates vied for the Party nomination—enough to warrant “secondary debates”—with 12 of them having enough support to participate in at least…

In August 1992, The New Republic published an article, titled “The End of Conservatism”, which purported to outline how the conservative movement was coming to an end due to party infighting. Although the Republicans lost the presidential election that year, they scored a resounding win in the midterm elections of 1994. Nineteen years later—following the…

Princeton Students for Gender Equality (PSGE) would like to thank the Princeton Tory for covering the Menstruation Celebration we organized in its latest issue, and we want to offer a response. We wish that you had spoken to us about our event before writing about it, as facts matter. The University’s dollars did not pay…