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How Did Samuel Alito Become This Angry?

Peter S. Canellos

April 10, 2026

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First Jobs Matter More Than We Think

February 13, 2026

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Albert Einstein’s Brilliant Politics

January 2, 2026

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Americans Can’t Believe How Rich They Are

December 17, 2025

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The ‘Best’ Colleges Aren’t the Best Forever

Jeffrey Selingo

October 4, 2025

The Myth of the Campus Snowflake

Christopher L. Eisgruber

September 30, 2025

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The Perverse Consequences of the Easy A

August 28, 2025

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The Elite-University Presidents Who Despise One Another

August 11, 2025

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The Most Perverse Part of the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

July 3, 2025

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The Computer-Science Bubble Is Bursting

June 21, 2025

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The Race-Blind College-Admissions Era Is Off to a Weird Start

February 3, 2025

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How the Ivy League Broke America

December 2024 Issue

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How Liberal College Campuses Benefit Conservative Students

Lauren A. Wright

July 8, 2024

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A Gaza Protester Who’s Willing to Suffer

May 15, 2024

Protesters at Princeton University

Elite Universities Have Not Sacrificed Excellence for Diversity

Christopher L. Eisgruber

February 13, 2024

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Universities Shouldn’t Be Ideological Churches

Robert P. George

June 15, 2023

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Should Princeton Exist?

October 10, 2021

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Princeton Dumbs Down Classics

June 9, 2021

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The Problem With Dropping Standards in the Name of Racial Equity

June 7, 2021

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Schools Must Resist Destructive Anti-racist Demands

January 29, 2021

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How Princeton Opened Itself to the Ultimate Troll

Conor Friedersdorf

September 25, 2020

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The Princeton Faculty’s Anti-Free-Speech Demands

Conor Friedersdorf

August 4, 2020

It’s a Weird Time to Be Young and Conservative

December 29, 2019

See the World Like a Title IX Bureaucrat

Conor Friedersdorf

May 27, 2019

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