Nick Gier

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.”  But finally in 1991 her Conservative Party fellows ousted her, and…

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 claim that Jews, Christians, and Muslims worshipped the same God. Some…

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 memories. I first arrived in Denmark in June of 1966 on…

“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 Companion” aired every weekend on 600 NPR stations with 4 million…

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 and you will be redeemed, or read the Constitution and the…

About 500 protesters (including 30 counter demonstrators) gathered near the office of Planned Parenthood in Pullman, Washington on last Saturday morning. Those who were interviewed by the local newspaper were repeating arguments that have been discredited. Contrary to their claims,…

“Kansas’ tax cut was among the worst tax policy decisions of all time.” —Forbes (July 2, 2015) The GOP presidential candidates are bringing out the Gipper to solve the nation’s economic problems. Those who worship Ronald Reagan repeat the now…

Millions of Americans have donated their organs for transplantation; or, alternatively, they have offered their entire bodies for medical research.  For the latter many universities and private companies contract to pay for funeral expenses, and hospitals generally charge $100-500 to…

Pope Francis’ recent encyclical about the dangers of human-caused climate change has received mixed reviews across the world. The pope criticizes conservative politicians for their “cowardice” in resisting the overwhelming evidence that God’s creation is “being pillaged, laid waste and…

Reader Columnist   Many people have the misconception that those who take issue with Moscow pastor Douglas Wilson’s Christ Church, Logos School, and New St. Andrews College (NSA) are condemning their religious beliefs. For me and many others this is…