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My opinion on Opinion

I’m simply here to share my thoughts in this formal, public forum. It doesn’t matter if I purport to speak from anything more than my own perspective, because the utility of the opinion section is not in the rightness of the submission but, instead, in the act of expressing and sharing reasoned personal beliefs with the general public.

OPINION | 04/11/2011

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Keep the artifacts as they are

Returning treasures to their original context is unfeasible; too much has changed physically and culturally over time for them to speak more clearly in their country of origin than they do in museums, where they can be compared to large assemblies of objects from a variety of cultures. In the advanced world of the 21st century, looting and stealing artifacts should be eliminated altogether — even for the sake of preservation, but the returning of already acquired artifacts should not be expected.

OPINION | 04/11/2011

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Code of conduct for economists

Nothing in the code would prevent an economist from weighing in on any public issue of the day while also garnering a retainer from, say, the Koch Brothers or the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, but it would say that full disclosure must be part of every public message.

OPINION | 04/10/2011

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Achieving a lasting peace

For every narrative of an Israeli running to a bomb shelter, there exists a parallel anecdote of an innocent Palestinian civilian family fleeing from their home with minutes’ notice to escape an Israeli airstrike, or a college student living in Nablus who is withheld passage through a checkpoint to attend university in Birzeit.

OPINION | 04/10/2011

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Go green; get nukes

The case against nuclear power is simple: it is expensive to build a nuclear power plant. Finland is one of the few countries currently constructing a new nuclear plant. The project was supposed to cost 3.7 billion euros but has already incurred an additional cost of 2.7 billion euros. The case for nuclear power is more subtle.

OPINION | 04/07/2011

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Editorial: Welcome to Princeton

Princeton is a fascinating, quirky and fun place, and you cannot experience all it has to offer in four years, much less in one weekend. These suggestions will, however, hopefully help you see a side of Princeton that you didn’t hear about in Richardson Auditorium.

OPINION | 04/07/2011

The Daily Princetonian

The Borough: Time for student involvement

The population of Princeton Borough was roughly 13,400 at the last census. The University’s undergraduate population consisted of roughly 5,100 students. Undergraduates, in other words, account for more than a third of the Borough’s population. If all students voted in Princeton, the University would be a big deal, politically speaking.

OPINION | 04/07/2011

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One billion eyeballs

Today, I lament my current geographical location for a more joyous reason — India’s going crazy with disbelief and happiness, and I wish that I could be there to go crazy with her.

OPINION | 04/06/2011