by Heather Zeiger | Jun 14, 2020 | Society
To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.Martin Luther King, Jr. Racial injustice, viral pandemics, job loss–Is God there? Does he see? The Psalms have many prayers of lament that ask these very questions and then...
by Heather Zeiger | Apr 7, 2020 | Society, Technology, Uncategorized
U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams said, “It’s tragically fitting that we’re talking at the beginning of Holy Week because this is going to be the hardest and saddest week of most Americans’ lives, quite frankly.” I had been thinking about the restrictions placed on us...
by Heather Zeiger | Mar 13, 2020 | China, Society
I wrote two articles for Mind Matters on China’s censorship and surveillance practices amidst the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak (here and here). After writing these articles, I had several people ask me about the coronavirus and whether I was worried. I said I...
by Heather Zeiger | Dec 31, 2019 | China, Society, Technology
Six months ago I started writing on China and technology for Mind Matters. This has been a learning experience for me. I had to become familiar with the history of modern China so I could write about current events and analyze news articles in light of China’s...
by Heather Zeiger | Nov 1, 2019 | Bioethics, Ethics, Salvo, Science, Society
For my Biohazards column in Salvo Issue 50, I decided to write about vaccines since it was a hot news topic. I’m sure you’re asking the same thing I was asking about three days before the article’s deadline, “Why, Heather, did you decide to write about vaccines?” I...
by Heather Zeiger | Oct 13, 2019 | Announcements, Bioethics, Society, Technology
My latest articles at Mind Matters News cover the Hong Kong protests. The first article addresses the various ways protesters are protecting themselves from digital surveillance. The second article, related to the first, looks at the Hong Kong protesters’ response to...
