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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.

Mussolini began as a socialist. But the First World War transformed him. He became a leader of disgruntled veterans and a champion of military discipline.

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.

Once the center of the Roman Empire, Italy went through many transformations. It became the headquarters of the Pope and the Catholic Church. It sponsored the Renaissance.

The one positive result of the Iraq war was the defection of Qaddafi from the anti-American camp to cooperation with the Western 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.

At one time the Phoenicians controlled the Mediterranean through the power of their commerce and colonies. In the Bible the Phoenicians are called Canaanites.

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. Abu Dhabi and Dubai are symbols of the 21” century.