MICHAEL SEAN WINTERS comments on the role of the state of the economy in next November’s presidential elections, using history to determine the role of the government in the economy.

Giving up banking bonuses alone is not enough for real change, argues ResPublica's Dion Watts, commenting on Stephen Hester of the Royal Bank of Scotland giving up his bonus a few days ago.

Rose Busingye talks about the inauguration of the Luigi Giussani High School in Kampala, Uganda: how the project started, how it was carried out, and what it means for the people there.

MICHAEL HERZOG comments on the recent data showing that Christians are leaving many Arab countries, and also Palestine, while their numbers are growing in Israel.

In the final part of James Charles Livermore’s analysis of the financial war on between the US, the EU and China, he studies the downgrades by the rating agencies and the Eurozone crisis.

Marco Bersanelli comments on the completion of one of the parts of the Planck mission to study the Big Bang by observing the first light of the universe and the formation of galaxies.