Opinion

After forty-two years of Cold War era relations with Cuba, it is time for the United States to recognize its hypocritical Cuban policy and lift the archaic sanctions and travel ban on the Caribbean nation.Restricting the exportation and sale of medicine and food is a violation of international humanitarian law and has been condemned by almost every international body, including Organization of American States, which normally backs U.S.

OPINION | 09/11/2002

You don't deserve to be here: Merit and admissions

You don't deserve to be here: Merit and admissions

One glorious September, not so many years ago, I was among the fortunate few freshmen to arrive at an Ivy League campus, one very much like our own here today.

OPINION | 09/11/2002

Our spirit must not fade

When it comes to Sept. 11, we all have a story to tell. The details have become vital. Who we were with, what we were doing, how the day played out.

OPINION | 09/10/2002

The role of academia

One year ago a small group of men committed a terrorist attack of unprecedented barbarity. Today we prepare to commemorate the first anniversary of the carnage we witnessed one year ago.

OPINION | 09/10/2002

Finding the right words

Succumbing as much to the political risks as to his own lack of imagination, Gov. Pataki has opted not to say anything original on the one-year anniversary of September 11.

OPINION | 09/10/2002

Remembering Sept. 11th

With today's issue of The Daily Princetonian, our first of the year, we bring you the thoughts, feelings and reflections of your fellow Princetonians.In the following four pages of the newspaper, you will find a collection of 10 essays and an in-depth look at the events of this solemn commemoration on campus, in New York and throughout the nation.It is the beginning of another school year.

OPINION | 09/10/2002

Letters to the Editor

Interpretations, OWL and the ToryEre I had read six words of Katherine Reilly's editorial, I suspected that it was critically flawed.

OPINION | 07/14/2002

A stifling constitution

In the second annual Murphy Lecture, Professor Stanley Katz took on the daunting task of explaining how America's reluctance to dive head-first into the United Nations human rights covenant system is rooted in its constitutional tradition.

OPINION | 07/14/2002

The freedom to choose our rights

Is the American ideal our culture or our Constitution?Is our refusal to sign on to economic and social international human rights agreements a result of our cultural norms or our Constitutional bounds?How many times have you heard the horror stories of human rights violations?

OPINION | 07/14/2002

Parting thoughts

My last class was quintessentially Princeton. It took place in a seminar room in the Classics Department (currently occupying an eating club-gone-dry) whose walls were lined with senior theses from the last hundred years or so.

OPINION | 05/16/2002

Research vs. charity

"Why is it more important to put a man on the moon than to fight poverty?"So asks JW Victor '05 in his utterly medieval-minded "We Want Food," an article in the Spring 2002 edition of CommonSense.

OPINION | 05/16/2002

Letters to the Editor

Service, adventure after PrincetonSome of you might be wondering where you will be a year or two years after Princeton, and not have the faintest idea.

OPINION | 05/16/2002

Spidey's choice: Peter Parker meets Peter Singer

When I recently made my way to the first action-adventure blockbuster of the summer movie season, I was looking forward to a two-hour break from my intellectual labors.

OPINION | 05/14/2002

Sophomores: The 'Wise Fools'

To the Seniors:In coming days and weeks you will hear much wisdom from your elders about the meaning of life, the future of humanity, and the nobility of working for less money than the market will bear.

OPINION | 05/14/2002

Princeton's most wanted

I've gotten a lot of nasty letters, unpleasant phone calls, and strange comments this year on and around the Princeton campus because of my editorials.

OPINION | 05/12/2002

Accepting opinions

The 126th managing board of The Daily Princetonian has made a concerted effort to represent the views of different individuals and campus groups during the last five months.

OPINION | 05/12/2002

Tory resorts to poor journalism

Once a month, The Princeton Tory lands on my doorstep. I always read it. By the last page I am usually itching to debate the issues set forth by the magazine's conservative staff.

OPINION | 05/12/2002

All the letters fit to print?

This is my last column in The Daily Princetonian. However, one month ago, I nearly resigned my columnist position in protest.On April 12, a column ran on this page that I found particularly offensive: "Fact or fiction: Understanding the Palestinian perspective" by Taufiq Rahim '04.

OPINION | 05/09/2002

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