Month: July 2024
Will the GOP Do Worse than British Conservatives?
by Nick Gier, professor emeritus at the University of Idaho Like the GOP the British Conservatives are just as detached from reality. —Peter Osborne, The New York Times (10/21/22) Read about Bernie Sanders and Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn at bit.ly/3Y5i3cO. After…
France’s Macron and Biden Face Right-Wing Surge
Many countries are shifting from a universalcivil nationalism towards the blood-and-soil, ethnic sort.—The Economist (Nov. 19, 2016) I just returned from a 3-week trip to France, and there were two days where I was close to tears. The first was…
France’s Economy Defies Libertarian Dogma
by Nick Gier The watchwords of the American and French Revolutions were liberty, equality, and, for the French, fraternity. Redefining fraternity as traditional community values, I see today’s conservative and liberals attempting to balance these three principles. America’s conservatives focus…
Fear Mongering and Lying about the Southern Border
by Nick Gier Encounters of known and suspected terroristsat our borders are very uncommon.—U.S. Customs and Border Protection I was a stranger and you did not take me in,naked, and you did not clothe me.—Jesus, Matthew 25:42 Donald Trump lies…