Many in Europe are amazed at the vitality of religion in the United States. They are amazed not just at the levels of participation, but the role many of these religions play in the civil discourse in the United States itself on a day to day level. The Catholic Church, like many of its counterparts across the United States, run its own schools, hospitals, adoption services and homeless shelters as well as a host of [...]
The 29th president, Calvin Coolidge, famously said that “The business of America is business”. At its simplest the GOP has two wings, pragmatic wing that is pro-business, and the values wing that places limits on people’s actions. So it is no accident that Mitt Romney, and Rick Santorum, are the two main candidates left standing in the GOP nominating process. The GOP has a history of support for social conservativism. Indeed, it reached its zenith [...]
After Mitt Romney won six of the ten states on Super Tuesday, including Ohio, what was apparent was the scale, or lack thereof, in his victory. He won the Buckeye state but was only three percent in front of Rick Santorum. This is hardly a ringing endorsement and to make matters worse for the Romney campaign, the delegates were allocated evenly between the two. This leaves open the possibility that the convention in Tampa, Florida [...]
Is the world destined for a war between the West and Iran? We certainly seem to be heading down that path, but to say war is not in the world’s best interest would be a gross understatement. America and the European Union (EU) have implemented tough economic sanctions on Iran because of the continued refusal of Tehran to answer questions about their nuclear program. Many believe Israel or America will use preemptive air strikes to [...]
In the country that is the home of the Big Mac, drive-by shootings and Chuck Norris, only the most deluded individual will not have realised that there is some sort of small meaningless election on the horizon, with the unimportant job of President of The United States of America up for grabs. Whatever that job entails… The race to the White House has gained pace in recent weeks with the front runners from the GOP [...]
Bashar al-Assad has enjoyed unparalleled support from his Iranian benefactors for a substantial period of time since he succeeded his predecessor in office. Despite being isolated on the international stage by the United States and her western cohorts, Syria has managed to become a reasonable player by aligning itself with Iran and its contingent of proxies, namely Hamas and Hezbollah. But now it is facing a serious epidemic of its own since the Arab uprisings, [...]
It is one of the many ironies of the United States that a country founded on the revolutionary idea of religious liberty that Catholicism was one religion, among many, discriminated against. The history of religious freedom is a fascinating tale of intolerance and contradiction. A country that was founded on the then radical idea of the separation of Church and State, broke with almost two hundred years of cuius regio, eius religio, the religion of [...]