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Putin’s Opinion

On September 11, 2013, The New York Times published an op-ed by Vladimir Putin arguing against unilateral American military intervention in Syria without the blessing of the United Nations Security Council.

by Martin Page on September 28, 2013September 28, 2013

Micawber’s Reaches THE END

Just walk in Micawber Books, now as it phases out its inventory in preparation to close its doors in March, and you will undoubtedly bear witness to a sad scene, not quite of mourning but of definite melancholy, downtrodden emotion. Yes, of course, the friendly staff is still smiling; Bobbie Fishman, a long-time employee, interestedly asks what I need help finding, but there is a somber air looming over the store: the shelves in the used-book section have been disassembled and piled in orderly disarray, the stacks in the new-books section increasingly reveal empty wood as customers continue to remove the books and buy them at heavily discounted prices.

by Max Kenneth on February 14, 2007March 17, 2013

All Depressed with Nowhere to Go

Princeton is not conducive to good mental health….If you enter freshman year with problems, then you’re up the proverbial shit creek, and University Health Services is not going to throw you a paddle.

by Captain Insano on December 7, 2005March 17, 2013

Two Days in Tahrir

Last night Tahrir Square was a lawless place—masked young men roved, accosted, helped, threatened, fought; buildings loomed, burnt and crumbling, paving stones were absent, having been broken up and used as ammunition against the police a few months ago. But perhaps this experience only applied to Tahrir at 2 a.m. So I returned that afternoon to take photos of ongoing protests and developments. Daylight better illuminated the debris of Tahrir’s damaged past, but also cleared the fog of tension from eleven hours prior.

by Ben Taub on February 14, 2013March 22, 2013

Canada F.A.Q.

On Canada and Justin Trudeau.

by Lauren Johnston on April 2, 2017September 28, 2018

Notes from Home

Writers reflect on the miasma of quarantine.

by Anika Khakoo, Meera Sastry, Peter Taylor on June 30, 2020June 30, 2020

The Gender Revolution

Jean/Gene Beebe ’10 was taken aback when I contacted her. “I’m curious as to how you found out about me, and why you want to interview me,” she writes in an e-mail, adding in parentheses: “(Unfortunately, in this socially conservative … Read More

by Stephan Crown-Weber Crown-Weber on April 11, 2007March 17, 2013

The Sun in His Pocket

Silvio Berlusconi still believes in himself. His doctors say that he is “almost immortal.” His story is not over.

by Sophie Parker-Rees on February 15, 2014February 15, 2014

Mr. Gates Comes to Call

Bill Gates descended on campus last Friday, and everyone in Richardson Auditorium had Microsoft founder’s rock star status impressed upon them. Audience members were greeted by a 21st century audio-visual display: two high-definition monitors and a gigantic projector screen, all … Read More

by Peter Landwehr on October 19, 2005March 17, 2013

Who’s Smoking That?

Istanbul is for the most part a very clean city. So clean that the only litter on the streets are cigarette stubs. So naturally, on my first night bar-hopping with some friends, when we had settled in to waiting for our cocktails, smoke in the bar wasn’t a big deal. There weren’t that many people in the bar, so maybe we could have evil-eyed the smoker in our midst and gotten him to stop.

by Akua Banful on September 28, 2013September 28, 2013

Debate Scorecard

GREATEST INVASION IN FOREVER—NORMANDY
In the undisputed declaration by McCain, the American invasion of Normandy in World War II is “the greatest invasion in history, still to this day, and forever,” although he promised, snickering, that his future land war in Asia would give it a “run for its money.”

by Conor Gannon on October 2, 2008March 17, 2013

Ye Olde Sportynge Columne

For this sports column, I could write an in-depth investigation of the rape trial/basketball season Kobe Bryant is enduring, which would undoubtedly lead to a playpen of bawdy double-entendre to satisfy even Shakespeare – “Kobe just made a hard backdoor … Read More

by David Stopher on March 3, 2004March 17, 2013


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