3,200 New Cases Every Day from July to September The original sin was inviting the students back to campus—Michael Innis-Jimenez, University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa (2,690 cases) What we didn’t model for is that people would choose to go to a party…
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1965–The Year Federal Troops Were Needed: A Tribute to John Lewis
by Nick Gier He never threw a brick. He never lit a match. —Rep. James Clyburn on John Lewis Ordinary people with extraordinary vision can redeem the soul of America by getting in what I call good trouble, necessary trouble.—John…
America’s Two Pandemics: The Coronavirus and Systemic Racism
by Nick Gier The Rev. Raphael Warnock, senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church and Georgia Democratic Senate candidate, gave a eulogy entitled “Let My People Go” at Rayshard Brooks’ funeral. Brooks was the black man shot in the back by…
Let’s Keep Gandhi and King Foremost in Mind
by Nick Gier I don’t want to harm anyone. I just want to be heard. —young black protester Let me say, as I’ve always said, that riots are socially destructive and self-defeating. —Martin Luther King, “The Other America” (1967) When they…
Gandhi Book
Cover Art by Brij Kul Deepak (figure on far left is Abduhl Ghaffar Khan, sometimes known as the “Frontier Gandhi”) State University of New York Press; Series on Constructive Postmodern Thought, 2004 Summary of Book Since the publication of Alasdair…
I Like Being Like My Dad: The Plagiarism of Inheritance
Read also “Riding the Rails with my Dad” www.webpages.uidaho.edu/ngier/DadRR.htm. “Blue Bellies and Personality Plus: A Tribute to My Mom” www.tomandrodna.com/nick_gier/mothertribute.pdf. Take care of your actions because they will become habits. Take care of your habits because they will form…
Asia’s Virus Champs Don’t Blame China: They Simply Get the Job Done
Countries that took early, aggressive action, using proven methods, have severely limited the virus. —Todd Pollack, infectious disease expert I have a special affection for the people of Kerala, one of India’s 36 states on its southwest coast. During my…
Cupboards were Not Bare; Tests were Not Broken; and Obama Did leave Pandemic Plans
“It’s hard to overstate the contrast between Trump and Obama. You had a president who actually accepted and cultivated scientific advice.” — Obama official Bina Venkataraman “We had a plan and a team. The Trump White House ignored the first…
Coronavirus Deaths Undercounted by 60 percent Sweden Embraces Fatalities, while Florida Hides Them
“No country counts virus deaths like the others. We just have the most detailed method.” —Belgium’s Public Health Minister Maggie De Block Axios reports that “a senior administration official said he expects Trump to begin publicly questioning the COVID-19 death…
Singapore or Sweden: Which Way to Beat COVID-19? The East Asians got it right, but Sweden’s Mortality Rate is Rising
Learn about the contradictions of Christian libertarianism at www.webpages.uidaho.edu/ngier/christlibertarian.htm Note: since the writing of this article, there has been a surge of new cases among Singapore’s foreign workers, but the situation is now under control. “Loving your neighbors is protecting…