by Sean Reilly | Nov 14, 2007
Britain’s black communities have still to throw off the mentality of slavery and need to invest in the future of their young people and build their confidence, leading US civil rights campaigner the Rev Jesse Jackson told reporters ahead of a public lecture at...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 13, 2007
As the direct, historic Christendom alliance of church and governance has weakened dramatically in recent years, so the relationship between church and state in a country like Britain has changed. It has moved toward accommodation to a set of mutually reinforcing...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 13, 2007
Ten synod bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) were among those signing a 6 November letter with Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) urging the US House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary to expedite the William...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 13, 2007
The American civil war began with the secession of South Carolina from the United States. They left so as to defend their “right” not to have a “liberal” agenda imposed on them by campaigning progressives from the north. Interfering do-gooders...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 13, 2007
Only a matter of weeks ago, the traditional party conference season was predictably dominated by the “yes or no?” and “will he, won’t he?” shows. First, commentators tried to box leaders into making pledges they could readily deconstruct. Then, everybody speculated...