A Shutdown For Our Times
Staff Writer John Milas ’28 dissects the latest government shutdown as more than a budgetary standoff — framing it instead as a mirror of America’s collective precarity.
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So, What Does It Mean to Do More?
Contributing Writer John Milas ’28 explores the promises and pitfalls of effective altruism, weighing utilitarian logic against Paulo Freire’s call for human-centered solidarity, and asks what it really means to “do more” without losing sight of the people behind the numbers.
Deciding to Do More
Drawing on Thomas More’s “Utopia” and his own experience of Amherst’s abundance, Contributing Writer John Milas ’28 reflects on the privilege of campus life and argues that true liberation lies not in comfort, but in using that comfort to fight for a more just world beyond the college’s gates.
Are These Unprecedented Times?
Contributing Writer John Milas ’28, reflecting on violence, polarization, and historical parallels, asks whether today’s turbulence is truly unprecedented and argues that while history offers lessons, it cannot substitute for fresh perspectives in confronting America’s current political crisis.