Opinion

Must we get back to business as usual?

Must we get back to business as usual?

It's been three months since Sept. 11, and things seem nearly back to normal. The nation has largely stopped following the war in Afghanistan ? the Taliban have obligingly conceded to American bombing and the ground assault of the northern alliance; Osama bin Laden has been driven deeper into his cave network, apparently surrounded by U.S.

OPINION | 12/13/2001

A Dickens of a Constitutional carol

"To those who scare peace-loving people with phantoms of lost liberty, my message is this: Your tactics only aid terrorists ? for they erode our national unity and diminish our resolve."? John Ashcroft, Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Dec.

OPINION | 12/12/2001

Letters to the Editor

Forum misrepresented problems at the 'Street'Tuesday's 'Prince' article about the USG's forum on the University's sexual climate notes that the forum was begun by "reading two accounts of date rape and sexual aggression."My first response to hearing this was sympathy for the victims of these two incidents.

OPINION | 12/12/2001

Rebarbative columnist seeks close shave

It is difficult to explain how I ended up a college professor. I had a perfectly normal, indeed nearly quintessential American boyhood on a farm with real people, real animals and dark, wooded mountains as far as the eye could see.

OPINION | 12/12/2001

Letters to the Editor

September attack brings United States to crossroadsThe terrorist attacks against America on Sept.

OPINION | 12/11/2001

Recognizing a feminism with many faces

Last week, I ran into an acquaintance I hadn't seen in a while. After the formulaic pleasantries, he asked me if I was part of the Organization of Women Leaders.

OPINION | 12/11/2001

During trying times, a trial for American Democracy

The lines are clearly drawn in the argument over the use of military tribunals against terrorist suspects.

OPINION | 12/11/2001

Letters to the Editor

Marshall Plan should be a model for U.S. foreign aidI applaud David Sillers '04's Dec.

OPINION | 12/10/2001

When it's not just a matter of course

I have filed my course card with the registrar. I share this with the Princeton community because it may well be my proudest accomplishment of the four months I have spent here.

OPINION | 12/10/2001

The wisdom of the OWL

With a co-ed membership that numbers more than 600 students, the Organization of Women Leaders has become one of Princeton's more dynamic and visible student organizations during the past year.

OPINION | 12/09/2001

Exploring the word hoard

I'll tell you how I know that I am a complete dork: I love Firestone. I think it is the most wonderful place on campus.

OPINION | 12/09/2001

Letters to the Editor

Israeli action a far cry from terrorismIn Alexandra Snyder '03's Dec. 6 column, Israel is accused of perpetuating a "cycle of violence" that has resulted in many deaths on both the Israeli and Palestinian sides.

OPINION | 12/09/2001

Letters to the Editor

Palestinian Authority not innocent of terrorist activityI'm writing in response to Alexandra Snyder '03's opinion piece that ran yesterday ("Chicken or the egg: Terminate the cycle of violence"). I will defend to death Snyder's - and anyone else's - right to disagree with me.

OPINION | 12/06/2001

Putting forth an ounce of prevention

The world today is experiencing the highest levels of insecurity since the end of the Cold War, and the United States has again asserted primary responsibility for restoring the stability that we have struggled for so long to create.

OPINION | 12/06/2001

Chicken or the egg: Terminate the cycle of violence

The fact that six Palestinians have chosen to end their lives along with Israelis' in the past four days suggests that part of this story is not being told.To explain recent terrorism, Israeli officials make a direct parallel between Yasir Arafat and Osama bin Laden and their "networks of terror." This is simply incorrect.

OPINION | 12/05/2001

Realizing the limitations of the U.S. mainstream media

Totalitarian regimes control their people by bludgeoning and incarcerating them. (Don't we all remember Tiananman Square?) Critics of Western societies claim that democratic governments maintain approval for their actions through the "manufacture of consent," a cryptic and insidious form of propaganda."How?" you ask skeptically.

OPINION | 12/05/2001

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