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Opinion

The Daily Princetonian

Argue with facts, not censorship

We believe that, almost without exception, increasing the available amount of information and the number of different perspectives serves as a positive influence on public discourse. If climate change skeptics truly are as easily refuted as Geronimus claims, then supporters of the theory should have no cause to fear engagement with them.

OPINION | 10/06/2010

The Daily Princetonian

Sanity, not sensationalism

It seems that media attention itself has become the primary — if not the only — source of legitimization in American politics. Whether the attention is good or bad barely seems to matter, and may in fact be an irrelevant dichotomy.

OPINION | 10/06/2010

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The Daily Princetonian

Muslims are Americans too

It’s hard to explain why anti-Muslim sentiment is on the rise, but I suspect it has to do with our new definition of “politically correct.” Slowly, the boundaries of political correctness have expanded to include anti-Muslim comments.

OPINION | 10/04/2010

The Daily Princetonian

In that case, just double tuition?

The point is that if there is a good reason that this University exists as an institution of higher education and not a poverty-relief fund, then it seems highly questionable that it has any business using its means to create a warm glow of charity which makes the ivory tower of learning look a little more like a soup kitchen.

OPINION | 10/04/2010

The Daily Princetonian

Editorial: Lecturing to a wider audience

Not everyone is lucky enough to attend this university, but that does not mean that those who do not study here cannot be given the opportunity to take advantage of some of Princeton’s intellectual wealth. Providing online access to lectures and course materials for a small fee would allow the University to provide this public good in a budget-neutral way. The University should initiate this program with all reasonable haste and make available as many lectures as is practical.

OPINION | 10/03/2010

The Daily Princetonian

My complete works

Please, bear these rules in mind, and remember that a junior professor who meets these criteria will write a much more effective letter than a famous person who doesn’t. You’ll get the recommendations you deserve, and I’ll be able to spend a little less time rounding up the usual suspect adjectives — and a little more doing justice to the people for whom I should be writing.

OPINION | 10/03/2010