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, 2005:
The Christmas Story and Other Redeeming Myths
December 28, 2005:
The Deceptions of War: Cooking the Intelligence on Iraq
January . 4, 2006:
Why Not Democracy in the Workplace?
January 14, 2006:
Gandhi, King, and Thoreau: Three Principles of Civil Disobedience
January 18, 2006:
A Woman’s Right to Choose Hangs in the Balance
January 25, 2006:
Happy 300th Birthday, Ben! Franklin and Religious Liberalism
February 1, 2006:
The Many Sins of Moscow’s New St. Andrews College
February 8, 2006:
A Runaway Train: Administrative Salaries Steam Ahead of Faculty
February 15, 2006:
Was Katrina the Wrath of God?
February 22, 2006:
Happy 274th Birthday, George!
March 1, 2006:
Karma, Character, and America’s Destiny
March 8, 2006:
We Are All Liberals: Well, Almost All
March 22, 2006:
Would Saddam Have Been Better? Three Disastrous Years in Iraq
March 29, 2006:
Anti-Intellectualism and America’s Future
April 4, 2006:
The Gospel of Weak Belief
April 11, 2006:
Mad Max Meets Jesus Christ
April 18, 2006:
Chilling Parallels between Christian and Islamic Fundamentalists
April 25, 2006:
Why Reagan Can’t Save the Republicans
May 2, 2006:
The Real Meaning of Sodomy
May 9, 2006:
Mongolia: The Land of Chinggis Khan
May 17, 2006:
The Moment of Truth for America’s Death Penalty
May 23, 2006:
The Brutality Connection: Abu Ghraib and America’s Prisons
May 30, 2006:
Is the Gap so Great between Retro Red and Metro Blue?
June 6, 2006:
“Happy Hour” Is Not What Aristotle Had in Mind
June 13, 2006:
Liberals: Take Back the Flag!
June 20, 2006:
“Bring Them On!” Al-Zarqawi Heeds Bush’s Call
June 27, 2006:
Good King Now, but Bad King Later? Bhutan, Nepal, and Democracy
July 4, 2006:
Thank Adams and Jefferson for 230 Years without Religious Conflict
July 11, 2006:
Long Live the Braceros: Essential Guest Workers not Felons
July 25, 2006:
CIA Torture
August 1, 2006:
Historical Revisionism at Moscow’s Trinity Festival
August 8, 2006:
Moscow School Among the Top 40 Bible Colleges
August 15, 2006:
Iraq: One Step Forward; Three Steps Back
August 22, 2006:
Vietnam, Iraq, and Lebanon: Superpower Overkill Backfires
September 5, 2006:
Truth, Goodness, and Beauty
September 12, 2006:
Un-Declaring the War on Terror
September 19, 2006:
The Woman Who Drew the Boundaries of Iraq
September 26, 2006:
You’re Doing a Heckuva Job on the Economy, Bushie!
October 3, 2006:
Happy 137th Birthday, Gandhi!
October 10, 2006:
Afghanistan as Narcostan as well as Jihadistan (pdf for 2006 version)
October 17, 2006:
Congress Caves Into Bush on Detainee Bill
October 24, 2006:
Should Former Deans Retain Their High Salaries?
October 31, 2006:
What Part of Equality Don’t You Understand?
November 7, 2006:
Convergence not Conversion: Religious Unity in India
November 14, 2006:
Some Reflections on Veterans Day, 2006
November 21, 2006: Buddhist Nationalism and Religious Violence in Sri Lanka
November 28, 2006:
Their Souls Live on the Cemetery of Books
December 5, 2006:
Virtue, Morality, and Expediency
December 12, 2006:
The Man Who Brought the Spanish Inquisition to Chile
December 19, 2006:
Whistleblowers Need More Protection at the University of Idaho
December 26, 2006:
The Palouse Pundit Looks Back at 2006
January 2, 2007:
Danish Social Democracy and “The Third Way”
January 9, 2007:
America’s Health Care is a National Disgrace
January 16, 2007:?
How Did We Lose Our Racial Color Blindness?
January 23, 2007:
Happy 270th Birthday, Tom Paine: Patriot and Vilified Theologian
January 30, 2007:
Selling Latah Health Services to Gritman Medical Center is a Wise Idea
February 6, 2007:
A Runaway Train 2007: Administrative Salaries Outstrip Faculty by 99%
February 13, 2007:
Happy 198th Birthday, Charles Darwin
February 20, 2007:
Two Presidents Named George and the Golden Rule
February 28 2007:
The Deceptions of War Reconfirmed
March 6, 2007:
The Queen’s “Tribe” is leaving Iraq
March 13, 2007:
Ed the Viking, Greenland, and Global Warming
March 20, 2007:
The Need for Liberation Theology is Greater than ever
March 27, 2007:
Tolerance for Islam in the Early American Republic
April 3 2007:
Woman, Bonobos, and Peace
April 10:
Mary Magdalene: Apostle to the Apostles
April 17:
What Ever Happened to the Last Judgement?
April 24:
America’s Moral Responsibility for Global Warming
May 1:
New St. Andrews College Must Earn the Respect of Other Institutions
May 8: The Imam of Ait Kassem Serves Lunch
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May 15, 2007:
A Chilling Connection between Nanjing (1853) and Moscow (2003)
May 23, 2007:
Catholics May Have Good Reason for Abortion Reform
May 30, 2007:
The Passing of an Ugly Giant of the Religious Right
June 6, 2007:
Christ is Commander-in-Chief: Relative Violence in Islam and Christianity
June 13, 2007:
God is Dead (Again!): Secular Fundamentalists Fight Back
June 20, 2007:
The Global Peace Index: Norway #1; USA #96
June 27, 2007:
King of Morocco Takes His Country in a New Direction
July 4, 2007:
Senator Sam Brownback is Confused about Evolution
July 11, 2007:
The Living Goddess of Bhaktapur Loses Her Job
July 18, 2007:
America’s Health Care is a National Disgrace
August 1, 2007:
Moscow’s Trinity Festival Features Fraudulent Calvinists and Questionable Trinitarians
August 8, 2007:
Academic Tenure is Not Sacrosanct: The Cases of Professors Churchill and Maki
August 15, 2007:
Muslim Democrats and Republicans Have Ignorant Idaho Detractors
August 22, 2007:
Soles Hundreds of Feet Thick: Visualizing Economic Inequality in America
August 29, 2007:
Faulty Historical Parallels: Bush, Once Again, Draws the Wrong Lessons
September 5, 2007:
Lost in a World of Red and Green: Colorblind Males as Neglected Minority
September 12, 2007:
Here’s to Good Royalty: A Defense of Constitutional Monarchy
September 19, 2007:
IKEA: The Progressive Big Box Store from Sweden
September 26, 2007:
Celebrating our Muslim Neighbors by Acknowledging Their Cultural Heritage
October 3, 2007:
Moscow’s Calvinist College Makes the The New York Times
October 10, 2007:
A Denmark Retrospective: Fond Memories for Me and 41 Years of Socio-Economic Progress for the Danes
October 17, 2007:
The Three Ironies of Ed Iverson’s Report from Eastern Johnbirchistan
October 24, 2007:
The 454th Anniversary of the Burning of Michael Servetus
October 31, 2007:
Vote for Smart Growth in the City Council Election
November 7, 2007:
Benazir Bhutto Returns Home to Cheers and Bombs
November21, 2007:
The Failure of Abstinence-Only Sex Education
November 28, 2007: India’s Day of Infamy
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December 5, 2007:
Face to Black Face with King Tut
December 12, 2007:
A Sad Chronicle of Complicity: Buddhism and Japanese Nationalism
December 19, 2007:
Civility is a Two-Way Street: Moscow’s Christ Church and Her Detractors
December 26, 2007:
Pontius the Pilot and the Flight to Egypt
January 16, 2008:
Bayard Rustin: The Gay Man Who Organized the 1963 March on Washington
January 23, 2008:
The Tribulations of Providing and Obtaining a Legal Abortion
January 30, 2008:
Why Not Democracy in Higher Education Workplaces?
February 6, 2008:
Indonesia: Rich Hindu Past and Moderate Muslim Future
February 13, 2008:
Quick Settlement of Wal-Mart Worker Strike is Suspicious
February 20, 2008:
Liberal Religion and Abraham Lincoln
February 27, 2008:
The Meterley Report: Always Giving 3.37 Inches More Than Yardley
March 5, 2008: ”
Don’t Tread on Me”: Americans Rise Up Against Alien Invaders
March 12, 2008:
Progress in Iraq is only Temporary or Illusory
March 19, 2008:
Tibetans Struggle in Dealing with an Orwellian Government
March 26, 2008:
Olympia Brown: Leading Suffragette and First Ordained Woman Minister
April 2, 2008:
On the Importance of Three Cups of Tea
April 9, 2008:
The Meandering Maverick: No Straight Talk from McCain on Religion
April 16, 2008:
One Haitian Woman’s Struggle to Save Her People and Her Land
April 23, 2008:
Rapa Nui: Case Study in Ecological Disaster
April 30, 2008:
Graduate Teaching Assistants: Exploited Labor on America’s Campuses
May 7, 2008:
The Doctrine of Discovery and the Christian Conquest of the World
May 14, 2008:
Good Manners, Civility, and Diplomacy
May 21, 2008:
Dear President White: You Owe Us Another Five Years
May 28, 2008:
Sandpoint Nurses May Lead Idaho Unions in a New Direction
June 4, 2008:
Two Himalayan Kingdoms Decide on Their Kings
June 11, 2008:
The U. S. Starts Killings Its Own Again
June 18, 2008:
Our Troops Deserve Better When They Come Home
June 25, 2008:
Detainees Are People Too: The Supreme Court Upholds the Magna Carta
July 2, 2008:
Let’s Not Forget the Ladies of the American Revolution
July 9, 2008:
Denmark Leads the World in Wind Power
July 16, 2008:
Warning to the GOP: Don’t Mess with Medicare
July 23, 2008:
The People of Moscow Raise $35,000 for Schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan
July 30, 2008:
The Lake Woebegon Blues: Where Can I buy a Good Green Car?
August 6, 2008:
Barack Obama is Right about the Surge
August 13, 2008:
Headscarves, Secularism, and Religious Freedom
August 20, 2008:
Please Register Here to Protest, but We Might Arrest You if You Do
August 27, 2008:
Krishna and Christ: Hindu and Christian Saviors
September 3, 2008:
Restoring Democracy in the American Workplace
September 10, 2008:
Obama’s Health Plan is Working in the Bay State; McCain’s would be a Disaster
September 17, 2008:
McCain’s Pit Bull Is Waging Cultural War on America
September 24, 2008:
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October 8, 2008:
Memo to McCain: The Economy Tanked Long Ago
October 15, 2008:
McCain’s Straight, but Unwise, Talk on Foreign Policy
October 22, 2008:
Palin Destroys McCain’s Credibility on Energy and the Environment
October 29, 2008:
Why I’m voting for Barack Obama and Joe Biden
November 5, 2008:
Hate Crimes Continue Against Gays; Necessary Legislation Stalled
November12, 2008:
The Persecution of Christians in India, Sri Lanka, and Iraq
November19, 2008:
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December 3, 2008:
The Gateway of India becomes a Gateway of Death
December 24, 2008:
The Christ Child, Illegitimate Children, and the Meaning of the Gospel
January 28, 2009:
Idaho’s University Program Reduction Procedures “Severely Deficient”
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Obama’s Strengths: Superb Intellect, Openness, and Pragmatism
March 4, 2009:
500,000 Frozen Embryos Cry Out to be Born
March 25, 2009:
The Bamiyan Buddhas: The Destruction of Afghan Cultural Treasures
April 15, 2009:
Happy Birthday, Thomas Jefferson: “Atheist and Leveler from Virginia”
May 6, 2009:
The Power of Pride: Vice or Virtue?
May 13, 2009:
Malvina Reynolds: The Poetess of Protest
May 20, 2009:
The Party of Nehru and Gandhi Win Big in India
May 27, 2009:
Union Cards Instead of Credits Cards
June 3, 2009:
U.S. Loses Lead in Higher Education
June 10, 2009:
Neo-Puritans Rewrite Salem Witch Trial History
June 17, 2009:
University of Idaho Wastes Time and Money on “Chief Inspiration Officer”
June 24, 2009:
The Parma Research Station Must Continue Its Essential Work
July 1, 2009:
Do You Want Wall Street to Control Your Health Care?
July 8, 2009:
The World’s Largest Island Closer to Independence
July 15, 2009:
Should the Head of Nefertiti and the Elgin Marbles be Returned?
July 22, 2009:
Could King Hussein Have Stopped Saddam Hussein?
July 27, 2009:
Has Obama Taken His Eyes Off the Prize?
September 9, 2009:
Southwest Africa: A Century of Brutual Occupation
September 16, 2009:
The Preacher, the Congressman, and the Neo-Confederacy
September 23, 2009:
Tutu, Boesak, and Mandela: Giants of South African Liberation
September 30, 2009:
Not Yet the Mahatma: Gandhi in South Africa
October 7, 2009:
The Constituiton, the University, and Freedom of Speech
October 14, 2009:
Afghanistan, Vietnam, and Obama
October 21, 2009:
The Crisis in Idaho Higher Education
October 28, 2009:
A Tribute to the Rev. Forrest Church: Theologian, Historian, Humanitarian
November 4, 2009:
A Great Dream Unfulfilled : The Martin Institute at 30
November 11, 2009:
An Update on the Habib Sadid Case
November 18, 2009:
We Are All Bushmen and Women
November 25, 2009:
The Military, Religion, and Mental Health
December 2, 2009:
HIV-AIDS in Southern Africa: The World’s Highest Infection Rates
December 9, 2009:
Copenhagen: Climate Conference’s Well-Deserved Host
December 16, 2009:
The Myth of the Copenhagen Conspiracy
December 23, 2009:
“Do You Hear What I Hear?” Said the Little Lamb
December 30, 2009:
Ed Board Risks Legal Action and National Censure
January 6, 2010:
Dennis Brutus (1924-2009): South African Poet and Freedom Fighter
January 13, 2010:
Claudette Colvin: The Brave Young Woman Who Went Before Rosa Parks
January 19, 2011:
Abortion, English Common Law, and Fetal Pain
January 26, 2011:
HowMany More Jared Loughners? America’s Mental Health Crisis
February 2, 2011:
TheBicentennial of America’s Largest Slave Revolt
February 9, 2011:
TheYouth-Driven Revolution in the Middle East
February 16, 2011:
February 23, 2011:
George Washington’s Religion Revisited
March 2, 2011:
The War on Unions is an Attack on Democratic Principles
March 9, 2011:
National Sanction Looms for Idaho State University
March 16, 2011:
My VeryOwn “Silver Streak” Adventure
March 23, 2011:
WhatHave We Accomplished in Iraq?
March 30, 2011:
TheTruth about Death and Taxes
April6, 2011:
TARPSaves Banks and GM, but not Home Owners
April27, 2011:
Christianitywithout Crucifixion in the Early Church
July 6, 2011:
Is theRoyal Couple Really on a “Mystical” Journey?