Nick
Gier
For columns on the 2008 election click here. For columns on higher education click here.
For columns on my trip to Southern Africa click here. For columns on civil rights click here.
For columns on green energy, global warming, and the environment click here.
For columns on "The Third Way" between communism and capitalism click here.
For columns countering the hysteria about Muslims click here For Christmas columns click here
For columns on shared governance click here.
February 2, 2011: The Bicentennial of America's Largest Slave Revolt
February 9, 2011: The Youth-Driven Revolution in the Middle East
February 16, 2011: Defense, Deception, and Deficits: Reagan's Unnecessary $1 Trillion Military Build-Up
March 2, 2011: The War on Unions is an Attack on Democratic Principles
March 9, 2011: National Sanction Looms for Idaho State University
March 16, 2011: My Very Own "Silver Streak" Adventure
March 23, 2011: What Have We Accomplished in Iraq?
March 30, 2011: The Truth about Death and Taxes
April 6, 2011: TARP Saves Banks and GM, but not Home Owners
April 27, 2011: Christianity without Crucifixion in the Early Church
January 19, 2011: Abortion, English Common Law, and Fetal Pain
January 12, 2011: Gandhi and King: Saints of Non-Violence
January 5, 2011: Prayer and Politics in the Early American Republic
December 29, 2010: The Three Kings, A Star Child, and Universal Religion
December 22, 2010: "Death" Panels and Four Other Health Care Myths
December 15, 2010: Four Levels of Global Warming: A Climate Change Update
December 8, 2010: Just Plain Ignorance Fuels Islamophobia
December 1, 2010: Crusaders vs. Infidels: Moscow's Muscular Christianity
November 24, 2010: Prodigal Sons: Big Bankers and the Great Recession
November 17, 2010: The Three Amigos and Interfaith Harmony
November 11, 2010: A Salute to Women in the Military: Veterans Day 2010
November 3, 2010: Onward Christian Soldiers: Christian Supremacists in the U.S. Military
October 27, 2010: L-5 S-1 (Need I say more for those who know the spine?)
October 20, 2010: The Big Scare over Sharia Law
October 13, 2010: The Sadhu, Meter Guage, and the Bangalore Express
October 6, 2010: The "Third Way" and Israel's Economy
September 29, 2010: Two Mahatmas: Gandhi and the Buddha
September 22, 2010: ISU Report Undermines Faculty Governance
September 15, 2010: Germany Leads Europe's Recovery
September 8, 2010: Fear and Ignorance Fuel Immigrant Hysteria
September 1, 2010: The Untruths of Glenn Beck and America's Honor
August 25, 2010: The Big Fire of 1910 in Northern Idaho
August 18, 2010: Some Choose Hate During Islam's Holiest Month
August 11, 2010: Celebrating America with Garrison Keillor
August 4, 2010: Singapore: Economic Freedom but Political and Social Repression
July 28, 2010: Is Hong Kong Actually a Free Market Shangila?
July 21, 2010: "Character is Destiny" for Both Persons and Nations
July 14, 2010: Obama is Pragmatic, Overly Cautious, and Distressingly Centrist
(click on date to access that week's commentary)
| DATE | TOPIC |
| July 7, 2010 |
The Follies of Document
Fundamentalism: |
| June 30, 2010 |
Idaho's Highway 12 and Exxon-Mobil's Mega-Loads |
| June 16, 2010 |
Don't Drink This Brew: |
| June 9, 2010 | The Danish Island That Went Carbon Negative |
| June 2, 2010 | Alberta's Tar Sands and Idaho's Wilderness Gateway |
| May 12, 2010 | Riding the
Rails With Dad (No, We Weren't Hobos) |
| March 10, 2010 | Karl Marx
and Adam Smith: A Tale of Two Economists |
| March 3, 2010 | Ten Myths About Ronald Reagan's Presidency |
| February 24, 2010 |
The Entangled (and Sometimes Violent) Web of Lamist Politics |
| February 18, 2010 | The Huge Social Costs of Economic Inequality |
| February 11, 2010 | Taliban On a Teeter-Totter: How Schools Have Pacified Jihadists |
| February 3, 2010 | California Gays Seek Marriage Rights Under U.S. Constitution |
| January 27, 2010 |
Did Jesus Worship Allah? |
| January 20, 2010 | The "Colored" People of South Africa |
| January 13, 2010 | Claudette
Colvin: The Brave Young Woman Who Went Before Rosa Parks |
| January 6, 2010 | Dennis
Brutus (1924-2009): South African Poet and Freedom Fighter |