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SINGH: A noun, a verb and abortion

Apr 15, 2024 | yaledailynews.com | Milan Singh |"All politics

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re aware that abortion has become a highly salient issue since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022. The backlash to the Dobbs ruling was, in my view, the key reason why Democrats overperformed expectations in the midterms; if you look at the data, Democrats were running behind Biden’s 2020 margin in special elections until that case was decided, at which point they started overperforming.
SINGH: Take Project 2025 seriously

Mar 26, 2024 | yaledailynews.com | Milan Singh |"All politics

“Conservatives have to lead the way in restoring sex to its true purpose, & for…ending recreational sex & senseless use of birth control pills.” That is a direct quote from the Heritage Foundation’s X account on May 27, 2023. Personally, I would not want these people anywhere near government. As it happens, I like recreational sex. If you don’t, that’s just fine; don’t have any.
SINGH: Nationalize Starlink

Feb 27, 2024 | yaledailynews.com | Milan Singh |"All politics

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. The Journal claims that board members at his companies are aware of and concerned about his drug use, so much so that one former Tesla board member stepped down due to her concerns about Musk’s habit and behavior.
SINGH: Why I’m voting for Joe Biden

Feb 9, 2024 | yaledailynews.com | Milan Singh |"All politics

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 the natural log of income. What does that mean? Let me explain. One of the things you learn in ECON 115 is how to think on the margin. For any good or service — a Granny Smith apple, let’s say — the value of the first one is greater than the value of the second, which is greater than the value of the third and so on.
SINGH: Claudine Gay was right to step down

Jan 26, 2024 | yaledailynews.com | Milan Singh |"All politics

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 allegations of plagiarism in her scholarship; second, criticism over her handling of antisemitism on campus in the aftermath of the Oct. 7 attacks.
SINGH: Haley and DeSantis were smoked no matter what

Jan 16, 2024 | yaledailynews.com | Milan Singh |"All politics

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 a 34.7-point lead, with 53 percent of the vote going into caucus night. Nikki Haley was polling at 18.3 percent; Ron DeSantis ’01 was at 15.9 percent; and Vivek Ramaswamy LAW ’13 was at 7.3 percent. Trump was widely expected to walk away with it, and he did. This time, the polls were accurate.
SINGH: The Real Value of an "A" - Yale Daily News

Dec 5, 2023 | yaledailynews.com | Milan Singh |"All politics

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 are quite a few in there.
SINGH: Town and gown

Nov 17, 2023 | yaledailynews.com | Milan Singh |"All politics

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. “It’s a Harvard spot.” That made me laugh — I’ve been going to Felipe’s for years. I’m from Cambridge, Massachusetts, born and raised. I’ve spent my share of time around Harvard.
SINGH: Kevin McCarthy was no moderate

Oct 16, 2023 | yaledailynews.com | Milan Singh |"All politics

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 Florida, filed a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair. Seven other House Republicans joined Gaetz, and all the Democrats, in voting to remove McCarthy as speaker. At the time of writing, Republicans remain unable to elect a new speaker; Rep. Patrick McHenry of North Carolina currently serves in a pro tempore capacity.
SINGH: The positive externalities of underaged drinking

Oct 9, 2023 | yaledailynews.com | Milan Singh |"All politics

“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 states maintaining a legal minimum drinking age of 21. All 50 states have done so since, including Connecticut. And yet it is not particularly hard to imbibe while underage at Yale: you just go to a frat party, or a formal. It’s not as if the administration is unaware of this.