Faith and Politics
Staff Writer Shane Dillon ’26 reflects on a conversation with Pete Buttigieg during Amherst College LitFest 2026, examining how faith can meaningfully inform political life without becoming a tool of division.
Politics
Honor the Ballot: Let the Audit Proceed
Staff Writer Shane Dillon ’26 argues that Massachusetts’ Question 1, which empowers the state auditor to review the legislature, must be honored, warning that delays and procedural stalling threaten democratic accountability.
Reading Epstein: Justice, Power, and Accountability
Contributing Writer Christopher Karmonik ’27 argues that the Epstein Files demand urgent public and academic scrutiny, exposing systemic abuse, elite complicity, and the societal mechanisms that protect wealthy perpetrators
After the American Order: Mark Carney’s Case for Middle Powers
Contributing Writer Odessa Ikels ’28 dissects Mark Carney’s proposal for middle powers in a fragmented global order, arguing that while Canada’s bid for strategic autonomy challenges U.S. hegemony, its success hinges on overcoming the structural dilemmas.
We Are Being Trained to Watch (And Do Nothing)
Managing Opinion Editor Caroline Flinn ’28 interrogates the increasing political violence by the state, arguing that it is no longer an aberration but an accelerating, normalized mechanism of governance — one that conditions the public to witness brutality, absorb it, and ultimately do nothing.
Welcome to the “Golden Age”
Assistant Opinion Editor Caroline Flinn ’28 investigates the White House website’s increasingly propagandistic rhetoric, revealing how emotionally charged headlines and triumphalist slogans blur the line between official communication and partisan spectacle.
Burnout: We Talked Democracy to Death
Staff Writer Lucas Silva ’28 dissects Amherst’s paradoxical “commitment to democracy,” arguing that constant messaging about democratic crisis has become so abstract — and everyday campus life so unchanged — that students are tuning out rather than showing up.