• IT is foolish to equate decisions with conversions -- or even faith. It is equally naive to assume that people can be converted and act in faith without decisions.
• JAMES FALLOWS on "How America Can Rise Again":
...America will be better off if China does well than if it flounders. A prospering China will mean a bigger world economy with more opportunities and probably less turmoil -- and a China likely to be more cooperative on environmental matters. But whatever happens to China, prospects could soon brighten for America. The American culture’s particular strengths could conceivably be about to assume new importance and give our economy new pep. International networks will matter more with each passing year. As the one truly universal nation, the United States continually refreshes its connections with the rest of the world -- through languages, family, education, business -- in a way no other nation does, or will. The countries that are comparably open -- Canada, Australia -- aren’t nearly as large; those whose economies are comparably large -- Japan, unified Europe, eventually China or India -- aren’t nearly as open. The simplest measure of whether a culture is dominant is whether outsiders want to be part of it... ~ link (via)• JUST to put things in perspective -- World Vision overhead costs are 13%. However, Covenant World Relief overhead costs are 5%. World Vision's costs are very reasonable but CWR is able to maximize the power of an existing denominational network.
• THANK YOU Nevada! Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons is sending Nevada National Guard troops to help flooded communities in northern Arizona. ~ link
• THE question is, why doesn't Walmart's expertise in retail transfer so well into the warehouse realm? Struggling Sam's Club is eliminating 11,200 jobs. ~ link
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