Finally some reports that indicate that I’m right. Check out The Peace Epidemic from a recent blog entry. It quotes from a piece in the Washington Post
By 2003, there were 40 percent fewer conflicts than in 1992. The deadliest conflicts — those with 1,000 or more battle-deaths — fell by some 80 percent. The number of genocides and other mass slaughters of civilians also dropped by 80 percent [between 1988 and 2001], while core human rights abuses have declined in five out of six regions of the developing world since the mid-1990s.
The news media wants us to be scared, and in fact, there is still some reason, but it seems to me that it’s a lot less than when I was growing up.
Thats a good article. Thanks for pointing it out!
I just got back from 10 days on the boat at Palm Island (next island north of Boca Grande)with Donna’s family. It was great fun but noisy. Too many young kids.
Donna and I stayed on the Roseate and it was a great retreat.Everything worked
well.
I am enjoying the blog. Thanks for taking the time to set it up and put the articals togeather.
I’m trying to get some commitments to use the boat in the Bahamas this spring.Let me know if you have any interest.
I’m not sure if all this chatter is appropriate on a blog. If not, sorry. I’ll do better next time.
It’s perfectly appropriate, particularly for a family-oriented blog like this one.
I’m really looking forward to trying out the Roseate.
Thank you so much for relaying this positive perspective! It’s really “eye-opening.” I mostly watch TV news (CNN, Fox, etc). I periodically have thoughts of just not watching TV news at all because it’s disheartening and contrary to what I value and the way I grew up to view life.
Fantastic blogsite! I loved the pictures of Kevin, Andy and Tally as well as the Death Valley stories and excepts on historical points.