Let’s welcome Syrian refugees to the Palouse
By Nick Gier
Reader Staff
On November 21, an estimated 700 people participated in a “Rally for Solidarity with Refugees in Idaho” at the Statehouse. A friend who attended said …
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Landslide victory for Burmese Opposition Party:
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
The Burmese National League for Democracy (NLD) is celebrating a huge election victory. Early results show that the NLD has already won 256 of 299 …
The Great Train Wreck:
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
Even the fierce free-marketeer Margaret Thatcher hesitated to do it. As international rail expert Brendan Martin described it: “She starved British Rail investment, but she …
Did Jesus pray to Allah?
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
Early this month the Georgia Department of Education removed a teaching guide for world history. Parents in Walton County were protesting the way Islam was …
Denmark:
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
I just returned from a month-long tour of Europe, which included stops in London, Paris, Rome, and Copenhagen. The extended weekend in the Danish capital …
Celebrating America with Garrison Keillor
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
“It is the will of God that we must have critics, and missionaries, and Congressmen, and humorists, and we must bear the burden.”
—Mark Twain…
The Follies of Document Fundamentalism
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
At Tea Party gatherings pocket Constitutions are handed out as eagerly as the Gideons distribute New Testaments on my campus every year. The message is …
In praise of all beings with hearts and minds
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
About 500 protesters (including 30 counter demonstrators) gathered near the office of Planned Parenthood in Pullman, Washington on last Saturday morning. Those who were interviewed …
Kansas Has the Red State Blues; Will Idaho Catch It?
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
“Kansas’ tax cut was among the worst tax policy decisions of all time.”
—Forbes (July 2, 2015)
The GOP presidential candidates are bringing out the …
Planned Parenthood broke no laws, but anti-abortionists may have
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
Millions of Americans have donated their organs for transplantation; or, alternatively, they have offered their entire bodies for medical research. For the latter many universities …
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