The US and the EU
A corporate law professor at UCLA has an interesting critique of an article by Timothy Garton Ash on the relative power of the European Union to the United States. Professor Bainbridge feels the Europe is in decline while America will continue ascending "broad sunlit uplands". He has compelling arguments based on current stats. What this analysis misses in the dimension of Bible prophecy which explains America's rise to power along with how and why God will turn the tables.
Europe may look benign, hindered, and fractured, an unwieldy and uncertain giant. But the final form will be a power with ferocious character.
Free Speech
The link in the above mentioned article to Daniel Henninger's column on Opinionjournal.com is interesting. He describes the profusion of blogs, web sites and information in the English, Chinese and Farsi (that's right) language. No one can effectively or long deny people access to knowledge in our global interconnected world. It is a lesson for all organizations, large and small to learn. You cannot stifle free speech. You cannot hide knowledge. You do your people wrong when you try to control, manipulate and over manage the information channels. the only way to promote free speech that is sound and wise speech is to tell the truth in an open and transparent manner. Nuff said
Darris McNeely works at the United Church of God home office in Cincinnati, Ohio. He and his wife, Debbie, have served in the ministry for more than 43 years. They have two sons, who are both married, and four grandchildren. Darris is the Associate Media Producer for the Church. He also is a resident faculty member at the Ambassador Bible Center teaching Acts, Fundamentals of Belief and World News and Prophecy. He enjoys hunting, travel and reading and spending time with his grandchildren.
