Russell K. Nieli

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January 3, 2020

Merit vs. Equality: Careers Open to the Talents

Russell K. Nieli

Despite the opposition of a majority of Americans, elites have ensconced an "outcome-of-the-game-equality" in our educational institutions, discarding the “entry-rights-to-the-game-equal......

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December 29, 2015

On Woodrow Wilson: Princeton Students Hold Civil Debate

Russell K. Nieli

A recent campus event was an encouraging sign that respectful dialogue is still possible among Princeton students who disagree. 

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April 14, 2015

Global Warming: The Campus Non-Debate

Russell K. Nieli

Many lack a robust understanding of the environmentalism debate divorced from religious overtones and political appeal.

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June 6, 2013

Old-Fashioned Advice to Princeton Women

Russell K. Nieli

Russell Nieli argues that the backlash against Susan Patton's letter to the Daily Princetonian has misunderstood her common-sense counsel.

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