Tips of the icebergs

Things and changes are not always what they seem. Here are some reported "tips of the icebergs" that suggests there is also much below the water line.


Antioch College closing after 155 years

Colorado professor to be fired

The collapse of Arab civilization

Second thoughts on funding wahabbism

Mainstream churches split

Rise of standalone Christian churches

Elections in France and Germany

Decline of mainstream media

Historically low approval ratings of Executive and Congress

Reversals of historical environmental leaders

Rise of the independents as a major voting group

Failures of the U.N.

DDT coming back

Individual vs. Group rights balancing

Final spasms of N. Korea and Cuba

The demise of China as it exists today

Consequences of too many people and rising standards of living

Globalization effects declining to regionalism

Continued rise of women’s suffrage

Good intentions vice accountability balancing out

Revolutions and civil wars still have a place

Nation states as a western historical idea is changing

Civility rising as an expectation and requirement

Demographic trends as good as the status quo

Enhanced communications available to more of the world at home and abroad

Pursuit of children’s educations has never waned

The world is evolving western vice eastern