March 2025

#RalierPride

The above hashtag does not get used often enough, and this last weekend it should have gotten a massive workout. Seriously.

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EV “Overcapacity” myth

A recent Bloomberg report discredited the American excuse that China’s high quality and low cost new electric vehicles (EVs) are only due to “overcapacity” caused by Chinese government subsidies. Author David Fickling notes that European and American carmakers likewise get government subsidies, noting that the “subsidies received by Volkswagon in 2023 was greater than every cent declared by carmakers in the same fiscal year” and that “Ford also received more money than any Chinese rival.”

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Amish Cook: The wonder of spring days

The days I have been waiting on are coming into reality. Ah, the wonder of spring days! There is nothing quite like those first days of sunshine, warm enough to warm your body and your heart. Somehow to me it just feels like God’s love gently shining down on me. It won’t take care of all things in life but it helps me connect to the love of God who makes all things well despite the difficult dimensions.

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Prairie Doc Perspective: Pneumonia vaccine saves lives

Over one hundred years ago, the gold mining industry of South Africa had a problem: too many workers were dying from pneumonia. They turned to Dr. Almorth Wright, a British physician who had successfully created a vaccine against typhoid fever that saved countless lives of British soldiers in World War I and other wars. Wright and his colleagues developed an inoculation of killed pneumococci bacteria which resulted in a substantial reduction of cases of pneumonia and death in the miners.

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