John Boyer

Oct 31, 2024 | chicagotribune.com | John Boyer

In the final days of this deeply contested campaign, I am reminded of an epic political event in Chicago that has been all but forgotten. It was 1918, at the end of a World War that transformed European nations and ended the old Habsburg Empire that had ruled most of Central Europe. One of the leaders to emerge from those ruins was Tomas Garrigue Masaryk, who became the first president of the new Czecho-Slovak Republic in November 1918.

Oct 31, 2024 | flipboard.com | John Boyer

Gunman who shot Jewish man near Chicago synagogue is illegal migrant who targeted victim in antisemitic attack: sourcesThe gunman who opened fire on a Jewish man walking to synagogue in Chicago is an illegal migrant from West Africa who was released into the US last …

Oct 22, 2024 | theunion.com | John Boyer

Please help spread the word: With the newly reopened 5 Mile House and Outpost Bike Shop, Highway 20 and Scotts Flat road are experiencing more visitors than ever. Please be aware of pedestrians crossing Hight 20 and families on the sides of the road. Please slow through that zone! Cal Trans has been Informed and I hope they help to put up signs of a Pedestrian Zone ahead. John Boyer, Auburn

Jun 26, 2024 | aei.org | Nat Malkus |John Boyer

In the spring, campuses saw a wave of protests erupt over the war in Gaza. These protests, along with the controversial ways in which universities handled them, raised important questions about free expression on campus, the role that university administrations play in maintaining and fostering a culture of free expression, and the role of university presidents. On this episode of The Report Card, Nat Malkus discusses these questions, and more, with John W. Boyer.

Jun 1, 2024 | john-boyer.medium.com | John Boyer

For the two hundred years following the Industrial Revolution, there has been a flow of new inventions that have improved the human condition at an incredible rate. People embodying the archetype of the lone inventor made remarkable advances. However, in hindsight, they may have largely been picking the early low-hanging fruit of technology that individuals could develop with the methods available to them.