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A few weeks ago the Scottish government released Al-Megrahi, the man convicted of bombing U.S.-bound Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988. The past few weeks have been rough ones for the Scots. Angry Americans threatened to boycott Scottish products. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lined up to condemn the move. (I was [...]

Is Obama a socialist? I have been reading how much of the American media, and also some of my American friends compare Obama to a socialist or a Scandinavian. The question I will seek to share some views on in this blogpost is; is he? Media in Sweden, Denmark and my homeland Norway are across [...]

I am horrified by the Christian right I have been following the election process in the states carefully over the last few months, and am again struck by the way politics is conducted in this beautiful and great land of freedom. I am horrified by the rhetoric and claims of the religious Christian right putting [...]

While I visited the Popes home in the Vatican city he decided to visit the US. During his visit, Pope Benedict XVI gave a consistent and prophetic call to U.S. Catholics that might have something to say to humans everywhere: I want to encourage you and your communities to continue to welcome the immigrants who [...]