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Once a poor backwater of the American South, Florida has become one of the fastest growing states of the country.

Expensive labor and complacency are also problems in Europe. In recent years, France, Germany and Italy have experienced economic crises. Established industries closed and unemployment grew.

The protestant Evangelicals in America, who are called the Religious Right, have enjoyed political power over the last 25 years. Both Reagan and the two Bushes embraced them.

Because of the British Empire, the Church of England turned into a world communion. Millions of English settlers and native converts created an Anglican presence in many lands.

Pope Benedict has defined his new papacy as a war against the secularization of Europe, the homeland of the Catholic Church. Dramatic changes have taken place in Catholic Europe.

The Industrial Revolution turned the cities of the Midwest into giants of manufacturing. Millions of immigrants came from Europe and the South to provide cheap labor for the burgeoning factories.

Detroit and Michigan are in deep pain. The crisis in the American auto industry and the loss of thousands of jobs have produced confusion and fear.

One of the greatest exports of the United States is Protestant Evangelical missionaries. One of their favorite destinations is Latin America.

The war in Iraq was the primary issue in the November election. The voters overwhelmingly rejected the management of the war by Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld.

Two Muslim nations now feature civil wars between their Sunni population and their Shiite citizens. In Iraq the war burns very hot, with little prospect that it can be extinguished.

The war in Iraq persists. It is no longer a war between American soldiers and Arab insurgents. It is mainly a civil war between Sunni and Shiite.

The war between the Jews and the Arabs is the most provocative issue in the Muslim world.

Our southern neighbor is on the edge of civil war. The presidential election was so close that the defeated candidate refuses to recognize the victory of the ‘victor'.

California is now the ‘largest’ state in the Union. It is also a state in which a majority of the people are Hispanic. Asians are omnipresent. A high percentage of the population are not natives.

Poland is emerging with a significant economy and a significant voice in the new Europe.

The truma of New Orleans still dominates the news. One issue is the inadequate response of the Louisana and American governments to the diaster.

America began on the shores of the Atlantic. New York, Boston and Philadelphia were the great cities after the Revolution.

Until the 16 century Persia was a Sunni country with a well-developed Sunni culture. But conquest by Shiite Azeri Turks radically changed the nation and the culture.

The land of Mandela is in deep trouble. On the surface the white ‘aristocracy’ is keeping the economy going. And South Africa has moved into the forefront of liberalism by endorsing gay marriage.

One year ago the Syrians were deeply depressed. The Syrian army had been forced to evacuate Lebanon by world public opinion after the prime minister of Lebanon was killed by Syrian-hired assassins.

The Muslim Middle East features small areas of spectacular prosperity and large areas of poverty and destitution. A

The early split in the Muslim world between Sunnis and Shiites led to many centuries of war and confrontation. The majority Sunnis dominated in most centuries.

A small town in the mushy delta at the mouth of the Yangtze, Shanghai was transformed by the British into a great post and emporium of goods.

The Sunni world is very distressed by all this Shiite success. For the Saudis and Egyptians, in particular, the success of Shiite Iran and its Shiite allies is a source of great anxiety.

The number of Americans who approve of continuing the American presence in Iraq is rapidly declining. The war is beginning to make President Bush unpopular.