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…
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The Bible as Social Justice Theology
by Nick Gier Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.—Jesus, Mathew 25:40 Just as GOP attempts to restrict voting might also affect Republicans, its…
Christ and the Buddha: Similar Missions in Hell
A Study in Comparative Religion by Nick Gier For the wicked there are punishments, not perpetual.—Bishop Diodorus of Tarsus Every individual of the human race shall become holy and happy.—Thomas Wittemore, a Christian Universalist There is no hell, there is…
Anti-Semitism Rears its Ugly Head Again
by Nick Gier April 8 was Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel, and Jews there and around the world are recoiling in horror as America’s right-wing extremists, inspired by ex-president Trump’s bigotry, openly express their hatred of Jews and blame them…
Wind Industry Mitigates Bird and Bat Mortality
by Nick Gier When you look at a wind turbine, you can find the bird carcasses and count them. With a coal-fired power plant, you can’t count the carcasses, but it’s going to kill a lot more birds.—The Audubon Society…
The Ugly Truth vs. the Big Lie: The Difference between BLM and Capitol Rioters
by Nick Gier Peaceful protestors should be protected and arsonists and anarchists should be prosecuted.—Joe Biden (7/30/20) People not affiliated with the protests are creating havoc on the streets.—Minneapolis activist Mike Griffin The Capitol is not a liquor store.—Rabbi Yosie…
2020: The Year Libertarianism Finally Died
by Nick Gier There is no such thing as society; there are just individual men and women—Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher There is no I taken in itself, but only the I of the primary word I-Thou.—Martin Buber, I…
Police Reform, Police Unions, and Human Rights
by Nick Gier We give police an incredible amount of trust. And they deserve an equally incredible amount of accountability when they break that trust.—Jeremiah Ellison, Minneapolis City Councilman Officers empowered to protect the public instead have been protected from the…
Churches, Temples, Synagogues, and Mosques During Coronavirus Pandemic
by Nick Gier It is our moral duty as Muslims that we take all steps necessary to safeguard ourselves and others around us from this terrible disease.—The Fiqh Council of America Protecting human life overrides almost every other Jewish value.—The Rabbinical…
Guns and Lack of Trust Impede Police Reform
by Nick Gier Guns and Lack of Trust Impede Police Reform Black people want accountability for violence, but when they have a loved one murdered, they struggle to get the police to pay attention.—Monica Bell, Yale University We give police…