Vietnam: The New Asian Tiger
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
It was March 24, 2010, and I was at Bangkok’s new international airport, the fifth busiest in Asia. Along with my travel companions, I boarded …
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UI Athletics is $1 Million in the Red; BSU’s Enrollment Boost Fizzles
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
In 1982 I circulated a petition on the University of Idaho campus asking that state appropriated funds not be used for athletics. My main argument …
Some French break the law to help refugees
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
“I felt like if I didn’t do anything, I would regret it all my life, and I would feel like a coward.”
—French journalist Raphaël …
Obama, Trump or Putin: Will the real Antichrist please stand up?
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
“We just can’t work with him because our base thinks he’s the Antichrist.”
—Barack Obama paraphrasing GOP leaders (8/25/16)
President Putin is the …
Donald Trump’s Right-Wing European Allies: Brits, French, Dutch, Germans, and Danes Turn against Immigrants
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
Many countries are shifting from a universal
civil nationalism towards the blood-and-soil, ethnic sort.
—The Economist (11/19/6)
In 1992 Francis Fukuyama published a book …
Refugees and Immigrants are People, Too: Let’s Welcome These New Americans
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of
these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.
—Jesus, …
Obama and Reagan: Assessing their legacies
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
RR is totally lost, out of his depth, and uncomfortable. He has not enough knowledge
or decisiveness to cut through the contradictory advice that is …
Betsy DeVos: the worst possible choice for Education Secretary
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
Largely as a result of the DeVos’ lobbying, Michigan tolerates
more low-performing charter schools than just about any other state.
—Stephen Henderson, …
Green California Makes Progress while Petro State Texas Falters:
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
From 2015 to 2016, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, California’s Gross Domestic Product rose 4.1 percent while Texas dropped 1.4 percent—right at the …
Idaho’s religious shield law and tragic child deaths
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
Editor’s note: this version of Mr. Gier’s column is an expanded version from the one currently in print.
An adult’s religious freedom crosses the…
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