With Mitt Romney still hanging in there as the likely Republican candidate to challenge President Obama in the fall, the former Governor of Massachusetts is obviously failing to set the GOP on fire. But after his uninspiring victories on Super Tuesday, Romney’s inability to motivate the Republican rank-and-file is threatening to catch up with him as his challengers stubbornly refuse to drop out of the race as he calls for them to unite behind his cause.
I am constantly amazed at the role religion plays in American politics. In a country where there is a clear separation of powers between the church and state (and hats off to the country for establishing this as a fundamental so early in its history), there is evidently not a separation between the church and politics. I come from a country where the Church of England is technically part of the institutions of the nation (not something of which I approve, by the way) but where religion plays a much more incidental role in party politics. And the extent to which religion can pervade political debate in the world’s largest super-power makes me a little uncomfortable, to say the least.
by Chris Nidel
Given the current state of the U.S. economy, particularly our high level of unemployment, a recent interview by Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz caught my attention. After watching, and ultimately re-watching the interview, I became completely frustrated with the misleading nature of the discussion, based on what may be simple ignorance on the part of the 14th highest paid CEO in the U.S.
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