SHAME ON OUR PURITAN FOREFATHERS by Nick Gier, Professor Emeritus, University of Idaho (ngier006∂gmail.com) I would carry fire in one hand and faggots in the other to burn all the Quakers in the world. –Boston preacher John Norton This is…
Month: April 2026
Celebrating America at 250
Sometime in 1975 I heard a guest on National Public Radio say that Theodore Roosevelt condemned Thomas Paine as “that dirty little atheist.” My curiosity was piqued because I assumed that the founders were Christians of one denomination or another.…
Christian Nationalism and the Treaty of Tripoli
by Nick Gier A shorter version was published in the Moscow-Pullman Daily News (March 26, 2026) Religion and government will both exist in greater purity the less they are mixed.—James Madison I would like to begin by quoting Article 11…
A Progressive View of the Declaration of Independence
by Nick Gier, Professor Emeritus, University of Idaho Sometime in 1975 I heard a guest on National Public Radio say that Theodore Roosevelt condemned Thomas Paine as “that dirty little atheist.” My curiosity was piqued because I assumed that the…