I am amazed at the alacrity with which President Barack Hussein Obama wades into controversies, stirs up debate and quietly retreats as if everything is back to normal. The mosque at Ground Zero, the site where the Twin Towers stood until that fateful day in September, is not one which is covered by the First Ammendment. The context in which freedom of religion was established in the US constitution was one that was esentially set within the limits of Christian sectarian and doctrinal divisions...

Senator Barack Obama is facing flak over a picture showing him in a turban.  Until the 1960's the US was a country in which almost every self respecting individual would be found wearing a hat. And there is nothing wrong in it as the head dress is a part of the sartorial get up of any culture. In fact most parts of the world would probably interpret a bare head as a gesture of rudeness and unseemly behavior. Covering the head for prayer, in church and other ceremonial situations is still ...

  The Texas Debate was quite an event. Both candidate seated sedately in the Great auditorium of Texas, Austin, a campus where more than 30 years ago the first of several campus shootings took place, the latest being De Kalb. Hillary Clinton was at here charming best and Barack Obama looked confident: just the right mix of reserve and openess to look presidential. The debate raised several questions and at the end of it the lead of Barack Obama will become impossible for Hillary to br...