George M. Alliger
By George M. Alliger
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Culture Just as a Jewish humanist told us in ‘Foundation,’ our problems will be over in 10,000 years
No one can remember a time when we were more politically polarized. Discussions of immigration, foreign policy and COVID all generate, as they say, more heat than light. But as we cast around for ideas on how to handle difficult topics such as whether to mandate masks and vaccines, maybe we should look to Hari…
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Culture In maskless Texas, a famed Jewish math whiz’s theories are playing out in real time — and it’s frightening to behold
Future historians of Texas might well puzzle over events now unfolding in our state. The fourth wave of the pandemic, whipped into a frenzy by the Delta variant, has crashed over Texans, filling emergency room beds and overwhelming medical personnel. Some hospitals, out of space, are transporting patients to others. Breakthrough cases among already vaccinated…
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