Alex Moya

The (False) Logic of Sacrifice
August 13, 2009
In his latest book, The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty, the philosopher Peter Singer claims that you are morally obligated to relieve poverty.
The High Cost of a Free Lunch
May 11, 2009
Congress recently approved a new budget of staggering proportions. Weighing in at $3.6 trillion, the plan provides billions in allocations towards a national health plan, green energy, foreign aid, education, and countless other programs. The president has declared that his budget is "an economic blueprint for the future- a vision of America... that will lead to a real and lasting prosperity." 
Campus Media Response: "Sustainability," The Unattainable Ideal
April 3, 2009
Going trayless and brainless, April 3rd, 2009 The Daily Princetonian Princeton University Sir— Your article questions the motives of "green" measures pursued by Princeton University which call for more intense sacrifices than are commonly accepted. You conclude that such initiatives "are designed not with the true interest of the environment in mind, but rather to guilt any who disagrees with the ethos". But in fact your "green" administrators are directly acting on the ethos demanded by environmentalism.
Stimulus Checks vs. Our Rights
March 23, 2009
President Obama has declared that "There is no disagreement that we need action by our government, a recovery plan that will help to jumpstart the economy." Indeed, both Democrats and Republicans in the Obama and Bush Administrations have called for vast increases in government spending. Many among the public also agree with this approach: prior to the approval of the latest $787 billion economic stimulus bill, a Gallup poll taken in February observed that a slight majority of Americans were in favor of its passage.