Portugal comes back from the economic brink
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist Trump boasts about the nation’s economic recovery, but during his first year the economy grew only 2.3 percent. The average for Obama, as he brought the nation out of...
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Busting some myths about Portugal’s greatest hero
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist I will be taking a trip to Portugal next month, and I plan to see all the major sites in Lisbon. A number of them are dedicated to Vasco...
Donald Trump vs. Barack Obama: A Question of Character
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist Trump is normalizing all this; he is, to borrow a phrase, “defining deviancy down.” —Bret Stephens, conservative columnist Disorder, chaos, instability, uncertainty, intemperate statements are not conservative virtues in...
Private school voucher students are doing poorly
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist A 2017 study in the District of Columbia about the effects of private school vouchers has further confirmed the results of recent studies in Indiana, Louisiana and Ohio. By...
Christianity without Crucifixion in the Early Church
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist In July 2002, Rita Brock, a Disciples of Christ minister, and Rebecca Ann Parker, former president of Starr King Theological School, set out on a Mediterranean journey to confirm...
University “shared governance” and faculty discontent
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist What faculty governance? I thought that was what we were for. —a former member of the UI Board of Regents Proposals to make governance “more efficient” by reducing or...
A turning point in the campaign against gun violence?
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist The combined voices of students, teachers, businesses, and legislators may represent a turning point in the battle against gun violence. It is now time for our legislators to heed...
George Washington’s religion revisited
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist As a fellow minister in Peter Lillback’s denomination [conservative Presbyterian], I can tell you that a large number of us are embarrassed by his poor historical methodology. —Anonymous posting...
Gov. Otter: fund our budgets, not higher ed CEO
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist Even though it was not recommended by his Higher Education Task Force, Gov. Butch Otter took the advice of seven business leaders and proposed a new position of “chief...
Mahatma Gandhi’s profound influence on Martin Luther King
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist Christ furnished the spirit and motivation, while Gandhi furnished the method. —Martin Luther King, Jr. I firmly believe that the Gandhian philosophy of nonviolent resistance is the only logical...
