Milan Singh
Staff Columnist
Milan Singh is a sophomore in Pierson College. His column, "All politics is national," runs fortnightly.
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SINGH: Nationalize Starlink

Last month, the Wall Street Journal reported on Elon Musk’s drug use. Not just marijuana, which he (in)famously smoked on Joe Rogan’s podcast in 2018 — mushrooms, cocaine, LSD, ecstasy and ketamine, the last for which Musk claims he has a prescription.

SINGH: Why I’m voting for Joe Biden

The short answer is because I’m a Democrat. But why am I a Democrat? I can boil it down to a single sentence: utility is […]

SINGH: Claudine Gay was right to step down

Just six months and two days into the job, Harvard president Dr. Claudine Gay stepped down. There were two causes for her resignation: first, multiple […]

SINGH: Haley and DeSantis were smoked no matter what

Last night, the Republican presidential primary officially kicked off with the Iowa caucus. According to the Decision Desk HQ/The Hill polling average, Donald Trump held […]

SINGH: The Real Value of an “A”

They say that the only ‘A’ that matters is the one between the ‘Y’ and the ‘L’. And according to a recent faculty report, there […]

SINGH: Town and gown

A few weeks ago, I was invited to a party by a friend who goes to Harvard. “We can go to Felipe’s afterwards,” she said. […]

SINGH: Kevin McCarthy was no moderate

It brings me great pleasure to report that on Oct. 3, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy lost his job after his fellow Republican, Matt Gaetz of […]

SINGH: The positive externalities of underaged drinking

“You must be over the age of 21 to drink alcohol in the state of Connecticut.”  Since 1984, Congress has conditioned federal highway funds on […]

SINGH: Why I’m voting for Justin Elicker

On Tuesday, New Haven voters will pick their Democratic nominee for November’s mayoral election. I am voting for incumbent mayor Justin Elicker. Here’s why. Elicker […]

SINGH: Gov. Lamont, make school lunches free

They say there’s no such thing as a free lunch. But during the COVID-19 pandemic, there was: the Department of Agriculture made school meals free […]

SINGH: Why Directed Studies?

The spring before I matriculated, I took the Amtrak down to New Haven for a funeral. The day before the service, I had dinner in […]