Nick Gier

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DATE TOPIC
           
July 7, 2010

The Follies of Document Fundamentalism:
Originalism in the Bible and the Constitution

           
June 30, 2010

Idaho's Highway 12 and Exxon-Mobil's Mega-Loads

           
June 16, 2010

Don't Drink This Brew:
The Tea Party and Austrian Economics

           
June 9, 2010 The Danish Island That Went Carbon Negative
           
June 2, 2010 Alberta's Tar Sands and Idaho's Wilderness Gateway
           
May 12, 2010 Riding the Rails With Dad
(No, We Weren't Hobos)
           
March 10, 2010 Karl Marx and Adam Smith:
A Tale of Two Economists
   
March 3, 2010 Ten Myths About Ronald Reagan's Presidency
   
February 24, 2010

The Entangled (and Sometimes Violent) Web of Lamist Politics

   
February 18, 2010 The Huge Social Costs of Economic Inequality
 
February 11, 2010 Taliban On a Teeter-Totter:
How Schools Have Pacified Jihadists
   
February 3, 2010 California Gays Seek Marriage Rights Under U.S. Constitution
   
January 27, 2010

Did Jesus Worship Allah?
The Malaysian Government Bans Christian Use of Allah

   
January 20, 2010 The "Colored" People of South Africa
   
January 13, 2010 Claudette Colvin:
The Brave Young Woman Who Went Before Rosa Parks
   
January 6, 2010 Dennis Brutus (1924-2009):
South African Poet and Freedom Fighter