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At a time when our elderly people are isolated in nursing homes without the protection of family visitors, they face increased risk of abuse as illustrated by a viral video showing exactly that. A 20-year-old man was arrested by Detroit police on Thursday after a video of him beating a nursing home patient went viral.

But the letter questions why Stage 2 of the state’s Reopening Plan allows schools, restaurants, factories, offices, shopping malls and parts of the entertainment industry to be open with social distancing rules, while church buildings must remain closed.

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Over the last three decades, however, three disruptions have challenged the assumptions of a Kantian “perpetual peace” based a “rules-based international order” that reflects a new “harmony of interests” among the world’s peoples. Each crisis has exposed the flawed assumptions behind the naïve optimism and arrogant over-confidence of those in the West who have promoted, built, and managed this paradigm.

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So, what do virus-tainted paper currency and slow economic relief payments have in common? Both have led to a more aggressive push to create national digital currencies. Supporters (mostly government insiders) believe government-sponsored cryptocurrencies will offer greater benefits than the current paper currency system. But government-sponsored cryptocurrencies also create an unprecedented opportunity for government abuse.