In a referendum held last September, voters in Scotland rejected declaring independence from Britain, but by a 55-45 percent margin, much closer than most people expected only a few months before.

MONTREAL (AP) – Quebec’s separatists are watching closely this week to see if the Scottish independence movement has learned from their failed attempts to break away from Canada. And they could be ...

The referendum in Scotland and the result must be full of lessons for individual federalists and government groups in countries composed of many nations. Although there are vast cultural and social ...

As an outsider, I look at the Church in the United States with a certain amount of envy. Compared to the United Kingdom, you’re stronger and more blessed than you probably know. However, despite the ...

How do you deal with a political party that doesn’t even want to be in office? That’s the question that British politicians are asking themselves in the ramp-up to the 2015 UK election. Less than a ...

As the eyes of the world have turned toward Scotland in the run up to its independence vote on Thursday, the late-night comedians on American television have been bringing their audiences up to speed ...

THE Scots have always prided themselves that their education system is superior to that south of the border. But there is one new feature of Scottish education—a 35-hour working week for school ...

A common personality trait I have noted with famous and beloved Scots is a tendency to be humble. The nation prides itself on the down-to-earth qualities of its most famous sons and daughters, which ...

"Do you agree that Scotland should be an independent country?" This is the question the people of Scotland will be asked today as the country holds a referendum that could see an independent Scotland ...

Following the failure of several Scottish IT programmes, Audit Scotland has set out a series of principles to help manage projects in the future. The report, entitled Principles for a digital future: ...

Scottish voters on Thursday chose to keep Scotland a part of the United Kingdom in a referendum on independence. Before the vote, independence movements in the U.S. looked to the Scottish secession ...