December 2000 Vol.3, No. 10

Contents What Lies Ahead for U.S. Leadership?    by Darris McNeely U.S. Election Crisis - End of Political Stability?    by Melvin Rhodes World Watches U.S. Post- Election Predicament    by Cecil Maranville The Perfect Prophetic Storm    by Mario Seigle In Brief...World News Review     by Darris McNeely,    Cecil E. Maranville    John Ross    Ross Schroeder This is the Way...One Moment in Time    by Robin Webber Dec '00 WNP Main In Brief... World News Review U.S. Population Statistics Show Looming Issues "United States in Throes of Rapid Change" headlined an Agence France Presse article published November 1, 2000. Statistics recently released by the U.S. Census Bureau are indicators of issues that will confront the U.S. government and citizenry in the next few decade.... The report showed that 26.4 million of the 275 million people in the U.S. population, nearly 1 in every 10, was born outside of the United State.... Famous for its "melting pot" attitude, the U.S. has championed its historic ability to assimilate people from diverse cultural and political backgrounds into the fabric of its representative republic. That's not necessarily the case any longer. Consider the language issue. Increasingly controversial measures to legislate or to deny bilingual education resound in states with large Hispanic population.... Some 6.5 million people speak little English, while 17.3 million speak Spanish exclusively. The recent U.S. presidential election campaign demonstrably illustrated the need to reach out to and include the sizable block of Hispanic voter.... Immigration during the years of nation building for the U.S. was chiefly from white nations of Europe and other Anglo-Saxon people.... However, a fundamental shift is underway that portends political and cultural changes in years to come. Within the next 50 years, African-Americans, Hispanics and Asian-Americans will outnumber white.... Presently, 71 percent of the population are white. The number of people 65 and older will double in the next 30 years Read the full article at www.wnponline.org/wnp/wnp0012/inbrief0012.htm Related Information on UCG Sites: Table of Contents that includes "World News Review Dec 2000" Mad cow disease: _Mad Cow Disease: The Fear Alone Is Costly _World News and Trends - Sep/Oct 2004 Euthanasia: _World News Review May 2001 _An Overview of Conditions Around the World - Jan/Feb 2001 AIDS: _World News Review August 1998 _World News Review August 1999 _10 Million Orphans - an AIDS Holocaust in Africa _World News Review March/April 2001 _Doctor's Firsthand Account of South African Aids Crisis _World News Review Jun 2001 _World News Review Sep/Oct 2001 _Money Won't Solve These Problems _African AIDS Epidemic: Made Worse by Political Correctness _World News Review Dec 2003 _World News Review March 2005 _Is Africa Dying Before Our Eyes? _A Look at the Current State of the World _An Overview of Conditions Around the World - Sep/Oct 1997 _World News and Trends - Jan/Feb 1998 _Could It Happen Again? _An Overview of Conditions Around the World - Jul/Aug 1999 _An Overview of Conditions Around the World Nov/Dec 1999 _World News and Trends - Mar/Apr 2000 _AIDS: How a Killer Plague Can Be Stopped _10 Million AIDS Orphans: A Disaster for Africa _Letters From Our Readers - Jan/Feb 2001 _A Firsthand Account: Africa's Deadly AIDS Crisis _An Overview of Conditions Around the World - Jul/Aug 2001 _Coming: An End to Suffering _World News and Trends - Mar/Apr 2002 _The Dark Shadow Over Illicit Sex _An Overview of Conditions Around the World - Jul/Aug 2002 _An Overview of Conditions Around the World - Sep/Oct 2002 _The High Cost of Ignorance _2004: The World's Superpower Faces Powerful Challenges _The Biblical Solution for Africa's Biggest Crisis _Why Isn't Sex Safe? _God, Science and the Bible (11/05) _World News and Trends - Nov/Dec 2005 _World News and Trends - March/April 2006 _A World in Need of Hope _AIDS Can Be Stopped -- Now! _Africa's AIDS Crisis: A Doctor's Firsthand Account U.S. economy: _The Achilles' Heel of Global Banking _Global Economics: From Kosovo to McDonalds _Deutschland AG Versus Corporate America _World News Review Aug 2001 _Greed Is the News of the Day _Hope Beyond the Headlines _Mortgage Bubble About to Burst? _A Looming EU-U.S. Trade War? _World News Review July 2004 _U.S. Troop Withdrawals -- What Do They Mean? _The Source of America's Bounty _A Downsized Lifestyle Is Coming - Will You Make the Adjustment? _When the Gas Pumps in Europe Run Dry _The Housing Bubble: Making of a Banking Crisis? _Gross Domestic Product: Is It the Measuring Stick of Success? _Energy Costs, the Mideast and Illegals Are Americans' Biggest Concerns _Are Things Really Better Than We Think? _World News Review January 2007 _Is America in Financial Decline? _Generation Debt _Are We Living in a "9/10" Economy? _What's Behind the Falling Dollar? _World News Review February 2008 _World News Review March/April 2008 _Coping With the Current Housing Crisis _The Wealth of a Nation _"In God We Trust" _What Will the Next President Face? _Farewell to America as a Financial World Power _Mama Told Me... _Prayer for Success _Waves of Destruction _The Meaning of the Mortgage Meltdown _Map: Captivity Routes _The Global Economy's Uncertain Future _Sept. 11 Aftermath Highlights U.S. Strengths and Weaknesses _When Do I Get a Break? _Our World Is Rapidly Changing - in Ways Foretold by Bible Prophecy _World News and Trends - November/December 2006 _What Will It Mean for the West if Radical Islam Triumphs? _Are We Living in a '9/10' Economy? _Coping With a Growing Economic Crisis _World News and Trends - May/June 2008 _The Growing Economic Crisis: A Biblical Perspective _World News & Trends - November/December 2008 _Dealing With Fear _When Nations Fall _Hands of Confusion _Could the Dollar Fall? _Vantage Point _America's Hope for Recovery: Real or Merely an Illusion? _An American Thanksgiving _Discerning This Time Search Our Site Key Subjects Index General Topics Index Biblical References Index Good News Magazine Index Booklets and All Literature Index Home Page of this site