There’s a bit of a dust up taking place in Turkey right now.  The moderate Islamic AKP party that came to power in the early 00s in Turkey have successfully pushed through constitutional amendments that lift a ban on wearing head scarves.  The ban was put in place in the mid 90s by the ruling […]

Know the candidates is something that will become a regular feature here in election years.  These posts will cover the religious beliefs and background, and how those beliefs have influenced their political lives over the years.
I’m starting this feature with John McCain mainly because he has broken ahead of the pack as the front runner […]