Posts by Shane Patrick
Why Catholics Don’t Write for the Tory Anymore – and Why It Matters | OPINION
Image courtesy of UCA News Twelve years ago, the Princeton Tory published an opinion piece by Toni Alimi ’13 entitled “Princeton, Religion, and Politics — The Politics of Catholics and Protestants on Campus.” Alimi’s piece centered on the observation that Catholics were seriously overrepresented in Princeton’s conservative organizations in comparison to other non-Catholic Christians.…
Read MoreThe Boy Who Cried “Left-Wing Mob”: How Campus Free-Speech Rhetoric Must Change | OPINION
The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. “Beware of the left-wing mob.” It’s an oft-repeated slogan among proponents of free speech on college campuses around the country and certainly at Princeton. The Princeton Open Campus Coalition (POCC), the organization dedicated to the promotion of free speech on this campus,…
Read MorePrinceton Inculcates Students into a Flawed Idea of American Global Leadership | OPINION
Image courtesy of ABC News The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. Although Princeton has tried in recent years to distance itself from Woodrow Wilson, his approach to education and his philosophy of global responsibility remain cornerstones in the intellectual foundations of this university. Wilson’s foreign policy is…
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