By Nick Gier, Professor Emeritus, University of Idaho An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind. —Mahatma Gandhi The single most distinctive aspect of warfare in the 20th Century was the huge increase in civilian causalities,…
The Future of Electric Cars and Trucks is Now
by Nick Gier I’ve been driving hybrid vehicles for about 11 years, and my current car is a Honda Clarity plug-in hybrid. I now have 6,200 miles on the odometer, and I have burned just 17 gallons of gas. That’s…
Mahatma Gandhi: The Absurdity of “Pure” Pacifism
by Nick Gier, Where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence.—Mohandas K. Gandhi Every year at this time I write to honor M. K. Gandhi on his birthday. Indian admirers called him The Mahatma (Great…
U.S. Maternal Deaths Highest Among Peer Nations
by Nick Gier, Professor Emeritus, University of Idaho Pregnancy shouldn’t kill women—in fact in other rich countries it very rarely does. —Amanda Stevenson, University of Colorado Boulder We remain the most dangerous developed country to give birth in. —Dr. Elizabeth…
Why Do People Keep Lying about Biden’s Achievements?
by Nick Gier Trump is inheriting the best economy in a generation. Chris Matthews, Fortune magazine, Dec. 5, 2016 Trump’s apparent economic success to date mostly reflects fortunate timing. —The Economist, Nov. 11, 2017 If Donald Trump’s claim that “we…
Donald Trump, Joe Biden, and Afghanistan
by Nick Gier We should have hit that country years ago, hit it really hard, and then let it rot. —Donald Trump on Fox Business News During the past 70 years, politicians and diplomats have asked, after each of the…
Obama is Still “Greater” than Trump: He Leads in All Categories: From Economics to Foreign Policy
by Nick Gier Trump’s apparent economic success to date mostly reflects fortunate timing. —The Economist, Nov. 11, 2017 Trump is an unprincipled and ill-informed guy who can be flattered, bribed, or simply fooled into giving [foreign leaders] what they want.…
Biden’s State Dinner Guest Has Blood on His Hands
Biden’s State Dinner Guest Has Blood on His Handsby Nick Gier There will be a deafening silence when it comes to the human rights crisis in India. —Sen. Bernie Sanders, Narendra Modi’s 2019 visit On February 27, 2002, a train…
India has Elected its First Fascist Prime Minister
By Nick GierCitizens in the largest democracy in the world went to the polls over the last five weeks. A record 66 percent of the 814 million eligible voters turned out, and handed the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)…