Bayard Rustin:
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist As a politically active black man in 1950s and 1960s, Bayard Rustin had, in addition to his race, three strikes against him: he was a pacifist; he was a...
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The Genocide of the Hazaras:
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist “All Shias are liable to be killed. We will rid Pakistan of [this] impure people. Pakistan means land of the pure, and the Shia have no right to live...
Three faces of Domestic Terrorism:
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings, speaking about his decision to open his city to Syrian refugees, said that he was more afraid of domestic attacks rather than those inspired by...
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 that “the crowd enthusiastically...
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 seats, and it is...
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 refused to privatize it.” ...
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 being taught, especially the...
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 brought back many rich...
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 Garrison Keillor’s “Prairie Home...
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 clear: read God’s word...
