Bayard Rustin:
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 Communist; and he was openly homosexual. In 1936 Rustin became a…
Palouse Pundit Nick Gier’s Articles (2006-2011)
Note: As of May 11, 2011 the Palouse Pundit has gone to a biweekly schedule. Note: If link does not execute, go to second page and click on “live web” under “What can you do?” In June 2011 the Palouse…
Let’s Keep Gandhi and King Foremost in Mind
by Nick Gier I don’t want to harm anyone. I just want to be heard. —young black protester Let me say, as I’ve always said, that riots are socially destructive and self-defeating. —Martin Luther King, “The Other America” (1967) When they…
Columns
August 17, 2011: David Slays Goliath, Again: Megaloads Banned from Idaho’s ScenicHighway August 3, 2011: Thanks Uncle Sam for the Space Program and All the “Spin-Offs” July 20, 2011: Is the Royal Couple Really on a “Mystical” Journey? December 25,…
Archives
Christmas 2005 (PDF) The Christmas Story and Other Redeeming Myths December 28, 2005 (PDF) The Deceptions of War January 4, 2006 (PDF) Why Not Democracy in the Workplace January 15, 2006 (PDF) Gandhi, King, and Thoreau: Three Principles of Non-Violence…
Civil Rights
Happy 137th Birthday, Gandhi! What Part of Equality Don’t You Understand? How Did We Lose Our Racial Color Blindness?
Color of Sin/Color of Skin
HOW DID WE LOSE OUR RACIAL COLOR BLINDNESS? Nick Gier, Professor Emeritus, University of Idaho (ngier∂uidaho.edu) Click here for full scholarly article "What Part of Equality Don’t You Understand?" "Three Principles of Civil Disobedience: Thoreau, Gandhi, and King"…
Three Principles of Civil Disobedience
THREE PRINCIPLES OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE: THOREAU, GANDHI, AND KING By Nick Gier, Professor Emeritus, University of Idaho (ngier∂uidaho.edu) published in Lewiston Morning Tribune, January 15, 2006 "What Part of Equality Don’t You Understand?" "How Did We Lose…