America and the Just War Tradition

America and the Just War Tradition examines and evaluates each of America’s major wars from a just war perspective. Using moral analysis that is anchored in the just war tradition, the contributors provide careful historical analysis evaluating individual conflicts. Each chapter explores the causes of a particular war, the degree to which the justice of the conflict was a subject of debate at the time, and the extent to which the war measured up to traditional ad bellum and in bello…

Webinar: Password Hygiene & LastPass Password Manager - October 18, 2019

(InfoSec 101) You know your passwords should look something like this: %b96TO5JkWx5, but when the average individual has nearly 200 passwords to remember, how is that possible? LastPass does it for you. Did you know that over 1,000 people on campus are already taking advantage of LastPass to manage their passwords? This secure password manager can help you be more efficient by generating, remembering, organizing, and filling in your passwords. Princeton has partnered with LastPass to supply…

Webinar: Securing Your Home Network – It’s Not that Scary - October 31, 2019

(InfoSec 201) Most households have networks of devices linked to the internet. This network often includes computers, gaming systems, TVs, tablets, smartphones, etc. Who secures your home network? You do, of course! Many of us set up a wireless router, go about our business, and forget about it. But in this age of data breaches and other online threats, we all need to take measures to increase the security of our home network. Join us for this Halloween day webinar and obtain a…

The Triumph of Injustice How the Rich Dodge Taxes and How to Make Them Pay

A searing examination of a key driver of American inequality—the tax system. Even as they became fabulously wealthy, the rich have seen their taxes collapse to levels last seen in the 1920s. Meanwhile working-class Americans have been asked to pay more. The Triumph of Injustice is a forensic investigation into this dramatic transformation. Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman, economists who revolutionised the study of inequality, demonstrate how the super-rich pay a lower tax rate than…

The David Bradford Energy and Environmental Policy Seminar Series presents “Accelerating the Clean Energy Transition: On the Co-Evolution of Policy and Technology”

obias Schmidt is Assistant Professor of Energy Politics and the head of the Energy Politics Group at ETH Zurich. In his research, which is published in leading international journals, he analyzes the interaction of energy policy and its underlying politics with technological change in the energy sector. His research covers both developed and developing countries and includes the aspect of energy finance. His team is comprised of engineers, economists and political scientists. Tobias holds a BSc…

The Spirit of Truth Seeking

PEI Forum - Lunchtime Presentation - October 25, 2019

PEI Forum - Lunchtime Presentation - Andrew Windston '91 - October 25, 2019

When the Apollo 11 moon rocks came to Princeton…. a 50th anniversary reflection.

Over 4,450 people viewed the display of Princeton's moon rocks in Guyot Hall the weekend following their arrival. At times the lines reached from Guyot past the entrance to McCosh Infirmary. People waited as long as 45 minutes to view the three gravel sized pieces of the moon. — Daily Princetonian, 24 November 1969Lincoln Hollister's presentation on the early experiences of the late Professor Robert Hargraves and himself in their studies of the moon rocks at Princeton, which…