VISITING New York City for more than a week, one’s ears are filled by the TV news narratives of the US seemingly under siege beyond its borders and within.

An American hostage is beheaded in the Middle East, the third such brutal murder; three American rabbis killed in a Jerusalem synagogue; the Chinese government in a propaganda attack before, during and after the US President’s visit to China. All of the above playing against the tensions in Ferguson, Missouri, where previous and threatened riots regarding police brutality are in play. In politics, elections in early November have resulted in Republican (opposition) victories giving them control of Congress. The new political configuration exacerbates the already tense relationship between the Legislature and the Executive which has been playing out for some time.

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