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At the location where Dr Martin Luther King spoke his speech, “I have a dream”, Mr Glenn Beck held a rally on 28 August 2010. Standing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Mr Beck charged the nation to turn back to God, and other related arguements like Religion being taught to students via primary teaching jobs. Beck works as a presenter for Fox News.

Accompanied with him was former Alaska governor, Sarah Palin. She strongly supported Mr Beck’s More

America - the land of contradiction?

It seems that in America there is a powerful protection of personal freedom with regards comes to religion and traditional values. More so than in Britain, or indeed any other western country. It is rooted in the US constitution, which protects freedom of religion as well as a host of other freedoms such as the right to bear arms and the right to a speedy trial in court. However, these liberties often contradict each other, causing notable frictions among different More

Juxtapositively the USA

The United States, from this Englishman’s perspective, is a country with much to admire yet also much to be perplexed by. It is a country which, by its geographical size alone, was always going to be diverse in its nature and customs. Its history only further adds into the sense of it being a country of many levels, many views and many angles. Many of these seem inherently opposed to each other yet all seem to fit together into a More

My Country Tis of Thee

Constitutional law can go either way; sometimes leaning towards the left and sometimes the right. In the case of the over turning of Proposition 8, my heart sings with pride and love for our founding fathers. There is a brand of American Liberal who truly believe in the collective mythology of the United States, they can recite the words inscribed on the base of the Statue of Liberty (Give me your tired your poor your huddled masses yearning to breath More

Universal health care is the only system that can manage the masses

The United States trains many of the world’s best doctors, surgeons and nurses, offers some of the highest paid locum doctors jobs, and sustains a quality of healthcare very few countries can match. Why is it then that the life expectancy of this country ranks so much lower than other western nations?

The answer most likely stems from America’s health care system. Even after Obama’s sweeping health care reforms there are still tens of millions of Americans without medical More

A British take on America’s ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ policy in the military

The ’Don’t Ask Don’t Tell'policy in the US bans openly gay and bisexual men and women from serving their country, an honour that many heterosexual men and women in the military take for granted. It was introduced by President Bill Clinton in 1994 as a compromise, due to increasing pressure from Republicans to ban gay Americans from serving in the armed forces altogether. Since its introduction, thousands of gay and lesbian military personnel have been unjustly kicked out of the More

3 Reasons Why The US Won’t Solve Their Immigration Problem

Mass immigration is one of the major problems faced by the US. It has been found that close to 10 million illegal immigrants reside in the US at present and their population is growing at the rate of 700,000 every year. America that was known as a ‘nation of immigrants’ is now facing a threat due to excessive illegal immigration.

The actual problems posed by immigration include the pressure on the social infrastructure, the weakening of the legal system, and More