Author: Nick Gier
Denmark Leads the World in Wind Power
by Nick Gier Danish Social Democracy and “The Third Way” PDF A Denmark Retrospective: Fond Memories for Me and 41 Years of Socio-Economic Progress for the Danes PDF By Nick Gier, Professor Emeritus, University of Idaho(ngier006∂gmail.com) When I used to drive Interstate…
THE GREAT TRAIN WRECK: PRIVATIZING BRITISH RAIL Let’s Be Pragmatic, however, about Private vs. Public Ownership By Nick Gier (ngier006∂gmail.com) It is beyond dispute, in all respects, the scheme [privatizing British Rail] has failed, and failed spectacularly. —Brendan Martin, international…
JESUS AS SUFFERING SERVANT
by Nick Gier excerpted from N. F. Gier, God, Reason, and the Evangelicals (University Press of America, 1987), chapter 8. Webpages.uidaho.edu/ngier/gre8.htm.) The identity of the Servant in Second Isaiah has occupied scores of scholars for many decades. The proposed candidates…
The Savior Archetype
by Nick Gier Adapted from N. F. Gier, “The Savior Archetype,” Journal of Dharma 4 [1979], pp. 255-267, with additions and deletions. “He who knows me as the unborn, as the beginningless, as the Supreme Lord of all the worlds…
North Idaho College Threatened by GOP Take-Over
by Nick Gier published in Moscow-Pullman Daily News (9/3/22) I’m battling the NIC “deep state” on an almost daily basis. We are registering victories and will register more wins. — Todd Banducci Todd Banducci, county Republican leader and former chair…
The Founders were Woke: Why Aren’t You?
by Nick Gier The pure conservative is fighting against the progress of the universe. —Alfred North Whitehead The Buddha (the “Awakened One”) was woke. Jesus was woke. The Greek and Roman philosophers were woke. Medieval Islamic philosophers were woke.…
Magaland: Majorie Taylor Greene’s Dream Fulfilled
The Partition of America (2025) and India (1947): Magaland: Marjorie Taylor Green’s Nightmare Comes True by Nick Gier Succession would destroy the only democracy in existence, and prove for all time that a government of the people could not survive.…
Are Leftists Ruining our Children’s Lives?
By Nick Gier I’ve recently run across a conservative columnist who really annoys me. His name is Dennis Prager, and he constantly harangues against the “left,” irrationally defined as the press, universities, social media, Democrats, and science. For Prager biblical…
Finding Your Truth on the River of Life
by Nick Gier The sage dwells in the midst of non-action (wuwei) and practices wordless teaching. —The Daodejing 2:3 I couldn’t have asked for a better teacher than Bill Parks for negotiating the rapids of a wild river. He…