4. Religions: Opportunities and Conflicts

Some thoughts on the separation of church and state. ~ The U.S. Senate has an insertion into the 2017 tax bill to allow churches and other non-profit organizations to engage in political speech: Churches and Political Speech. ~  The Texas governor is taking it on himself to take on the U.S. Constitution, along with an ample dose of short-sightedness: Where you stand. ~ A piece on the  Muslims in America. ~ Religious fanatics do serious damage in Mayhem in Lea County. (Label warning: satire).  ~ In the Middle East, where unbelievers are subject to death unless they convert to Islam: Human Devolution. ~ Members of the same religion believe it their ordained destiny to kill one another: Religious Brotherhood.