The struggles following the Iranian election and the dispute over the ‘successful election’ of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were not crushed as was initially thought. At some point, when the Supreme Leader waded again into the controversy by first declaring the election as valid, and then actually calling for stringent action against the protests, the huge [...]

Continue reading...

This can only happen in the United States, where the Constitution (reinforced by various Supreme Court judgments) has made it possible for almost anybody to buy almost any type of weapon, except for a few class of heavy weapons. You could go to a gun show and buy a machine gun without any problem, or [...]

Continue reading...

The world over, different countries have different concepts revolving around homosexuality. There are states in the United States that have made marriage between homosexuals as having the same legal sanctity as that between a man and a woman, there are other states where this is a matter of huge debate and controversy (with the Catholic [...]

Continue reading...