In God They Trust

The twentieth century was the most war-torn period in the history of the world, and the U.S. was at the center of most of the conflagrations. Regardless of whether you feel the U.S. was justified in getting involved in these wars or not, this article takes an interesting look at how Presidents have turned to religion and their faith in God in making some of their most difficult decisions. It's from Newsweek which may or may not indicate some sort of bias in your mind, but it takes a fairly objective look at our "war presidents" of the twentieth century.

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School Desegregation 2007

For those of you who were interested by the discussion about Brown v. Board of Education and race relations in the 1950's, there is a really interesting article in this week's Economist magazine titled "Still separate after all these years" looking at the state of school desegregation in 2007.

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