I have a confession - I'm a complete USA-ophile! I think it is a remarkable country. The political system is designed with good checks and balances, the Constituition is magnificent, the culture and the geography of the country is so diverse as to creat wonderful melting pot of opinion and idealism, debate and disagreement.
I will be the first to accept that it is not perfect. I think the Supreme Court can be politicised, that the political system can slow down good bills, that their attachment to 'freedom of speech' does not allow for the sidelining of hate speech and that there are many other things I could list.
However, the world of US politics will get all the more exciting as we approach the US presidential election in November. My hope is to blog regularly on what has happened so far and developments as they appear on the way. I make no claim to be objective!
Debate warmly encouraged
About Me
- Mark Summers
- Hello! Welcome to my blog! I've long been convinced that I'm not interesting enough to blog but others have persuaded me to give it a try. My name is Mark Summers and I live in Newcastle upon Tyne in the UK. My interests include politics (name a country, I'll read about it!) and, as a committed Christian, theology. I've got a whole load of other things I'd write on though so I've added 'Stuff' to the name. Hopefully that will cover things! I've been writing for many years and will hope to share some of my old pieces along with entries on current events and my random ideas. I'm also single......
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