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.
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?
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.
"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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Creativity is a concept that many people seem to cast aside when writing. The story that I wrote of Ali Shadid was fictional, but the events that took place in his life form the very real and brutal Palestinian narrative.
In a rousing speech to Congress on Sept. 20, George W. Bush bellowed, "This [war on terrorism] is civilization's fight.
When my son was three years old, he told me that women have certain advantages: "They get to have babies and wear hats indoors." Judging by my male Princeton students, some of whom wear caps to class, men have already crossed the second barrier.
The vast majority of Americans and all members of Congress believe that reproductive cloning poses a grave threat to humanity and must be banned immediately.
PCAT and AFP are not aligned with any political partyI am disturbed by the inclusion of the Princeton Committee Against Terrorism (PCAT) in the article "Student conservative groups decry liberalism, political apathy on campus" in the Monday, May 6 edition of The Daily Princetonian.
"Why do they hate us?" So went the question after Sept. 11, in the wake of the worst terrorist attacks in American history.
Removing emotion from constructive debateI've been disappointed in the responses to Matt O'Brien's editorial on homosexuality.
To those who suggest that Princeton has a lethargic political atmosphere, I heartily disagree. Every day my inbox is flooded with PCAT, PPN, PIPAC, PCP or some other group's obviously political message.
The American-led war on terrorism has highlighted the role of Pakistan in supporting terrorism in Afghanistan - as well as an attack on the Indian parliament allegedly sponsored by Pakistani intelligence - has brought increased attention to the issue of Kashmir.Kashmir is often erroneously referred to as a disputed territory.
