It is a secular world and has been for most of the history of mankind. Organized religions are man-made. That goes for Christianity, Islam, etc. Of any country, Germany has a reason to be wary of what children are being taught at home in order to prevent the indoctrination of Nazi-sympathizing parents. Why else would they pass such a law? I was not even aware of it.

No, they want to have the cheapest labor, no restrictions, no taxes, so they can pollute and take advantage of people. Those that move their jobs to other countries should be made to go there and stay there.

Does "leader of the free world" mean ruler of the whole world? Or will the US lose its status?

Yes, they subsidize everything in China.

More and more people are switching to hybrids and all-electric vehicles, so we shouldn't be looking for more oil to make the oil barons richer.

Yes, what an imagination you have.

And the US is only a couple of hundred years old. Are we really going to fall like the Roman Empire which lasted over a thousand years? What is the conclusion in your opinion?

Well, he just posed a question---what will we fall back on? What will you do? He is a good historian; I've learned a lot about the history of other countries that we could learn from by reading his columns.

And don't forget term limits. The POTUS can only serve 8 years at the most, why should Congress people stay there for 20, 30, 40, 50 years?

We never had these problems until out-sourcing of jobs to foreign countries began, and Obama had nothing to do with that. People are unemployed because jobs were moved out of the country. Even after the corporations and rich got their tax breaks, they still did not bring jobs back. They must want this to become a third world country too. In fact, some CEO said as much when asked when he would bring jobs back--"only when there are not regulations, no taxes, and wages are 49 cents and hour".

And I wonder how many off-shore accounts she and her family have. They own yachts, NFL teams, etc.