Petition to Save the Life of Amir Nasr-Azadani — Professional Iranian Soccer Player Sentenced to Death
Amir Nasr-Azadani, 26 years-old, is a professional soccer player in Iran who has been sentenced to death for participating in the recent protests sparked by the murder of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, killed while in Iranian police custody. A petition has been created to try to save his life, which can be signed here. Nasr-Azadani is […]
Human Sacrifice — The Cost of Doing Business at the World Cup
Today, we often react in horror to the accounts of ancient societies that carried out human sacrifice, as if the modern world has moved far past these brutal practices. But today there are more contemporary forms of human sacrifice that many of us have become accustomed to. Recently, a chief executive of the Qatar World […]
Covid, Flu and RSV Highlight a System That Won’t Protect Us
Despite the fact that Covid remains the third leading cause of death, killing about 400 people in the U.S. a day, the vast majority of whom are over the age of 65, the Federal Government has ended the Covid emergency declaration which provided funds for vaccination, treatment, and testing. At the same time, the triple […]