Posts by Tyler Eddy
Thank you, Bezos: Thoughts on Climate Change, Capitalism, and Society
Credit: AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. This past February, the Daily Princetonian printed an opinion article written by columnist Braden Flax which assessed the $10 billion donation Jeff Bezos recently donated to fight climate change. Flax was left unsatisfied. His argument to reach…
Read MoreDivorcing Whiteness from Western Civilization
Minoan fresco. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. When I first told my friends about the title of this article, I received every response imaginable. Some said it was a good idea, others said that it would be difficult or controversial. But the most interesting…
Read MoreThe Rationale for a Moral Interventionism
The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. In his 1986 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Holocaust survivor and author of Night Elie Wiesel spoke pointedly against neutrality at times of moral crisis. “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the…
Read MoreThe Saturday Essay: The Ivory Tower’s Failure to Uphold Free Speech
The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. Last week, a friend and I were walking together through Central Park in New York City. It was the first time we had both been there, and we hadn’t seen each other since we had both gotten out of the Marines nearly two…
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