The letter from Robert Hills ’67 in the December edition of Inbox rather explicitly calls out Sen. Ted Cruz ’92 (R-Texas) as both a liar and a racist, yet fails to provide even a shred of evidence supporting either of these labels. You were properly called out by other letter writers for the lack of balance in your coverage of alumni candidates, and publishing this absurd letter only adds fuel to the fire. It is perfectly fine to disagree with a politician’s policy positions and legislative record, and I am confident that your editorial staff (and the vast majority of Princeton alumni) feel that way about Ted Cruz. However, as others have noted, you should not have singled him out among all of the alumni candidates whom you covered, and you certainly should not have given voice to a letter calling him a liar and a racist.
The letter from Robert Hills ’67 in the December edition of Inbox rather explicitly calls out Sen. Ted Cruz ’92 (R-Texas) as both a liar and a racist, yet fails to provide even a shred of evidence supporting either of these labels. You were properly called out by other letter writers for the lack of balance in your coverage of alumni candidates, and publishing this absurd letter only adds fuel to the fire. It is perfectly fine to disagree with a politician’s policy positions and legislative record, and I am confident that your editorial staff (and the vast majority of Princeton alumni) feel that way about Ted Cruz. However, as others have noted, you should not have singled him out among all of the alumni candidates whom you covered, and you certainly should not have given voice to a letter calling him a liar and a racist.