Bradley R.E. Wright

A deep look at what is wrong with this world, or more like what is right with this world.

In this day and age of constant negative bombardment of the senses (courtesy of our over abundance of media outlets) it was nice to read about some of the positives.

The author points out many fields within not just America but throughout the world which have improved. He tackles such mainstream topics as crime, education, health, the environment, and finances while backing up his observations with simple graphs.

Will there be others who will play point-counterpoint with Mr. Wright? Of course. But it was nice to go to sleep after reading this book and thinking, maybe we are not quite on the highway to hell yet… (meer)

NCLA Review: Bad news sells. Witness the media, advertising, politics and activism. The author of this book is a sociologist and a Christian. It is his contention that a lot of things that we think are bad and getting worse are really getting better. There are things that are getting worse, and he identifies them. He also states that he makes no judgment about how things should be, i.e. even if it is getting better, is it still bad? But maybe things aren’t as bad as we think. As the author says, “As a result of forgetting what has gotten better and fixating on what is wrong, we maintain negative views about the state of the world, even after substantial improvements have been made.” This book is full of graphs and excerpts entitled “Christians Making a Difference.” At the end of the book, the author explains why extrapolation (extending current trends into the future) often doesn’t work and six things that we can do now concerning the problems that seem to surround us. Rating: 3 —JC… (meer)