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Good News Magazine: November - December 2007

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Sidebar: Drug Abuse: A Major Health Problem

  • by Good News
The 2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, under the auspices of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, tracks drug use among those 12 years and older. It revealed:

400 Years After Jamestown: Where Did the Bible Go?

  • by Melvin Rhodes
In recent decades the British and American peoples have increasingly turned away from the Bible. Few can even remember when the Word of God was revered in our nations, but only a century ago it was considered the source of the “ennobling ideals” that united both nations.
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Can You Break the Cycle of Generational Dysfunction?

  • by Greg Thomas
Often some of our deepest personal problems are rooted in something we can't control—dysfunctional family behavioral patterns that came before us. But we can control our choices, and each of us can choose life and good things!

The Greatest Addiction of All

  • by Jerold Aust
Most people know about common addictions to drugs and alcohol. These are difficult enough to face and manage. But the one addiction that is greater than all others is unrecognized by most people. Thankfully, it can be overcome.

... And Children Are From Pluto

  • by Mike Bennett
If men are from Mars and women are from Venus, sometimes it seems children are from even farther out. What can parents do to improve interplanetary relations?

World News and Trends: Nations around the world gang up on America

  • by Jerold Aust, John Ross Schroeder
Late last year, Harvard historian Niall Ferguson labeled America as "the nation that fell to earth." In terms of dwindling domestic and international support, the war in Iraq has many parallels with Vietnam. In addition, what is currently occurring elsewhere on the international stage greatly augments the overall problem.

World News and Trends: Newest Middle East peace proposal in jeopardy

  • by Jerold Aust, John Ross Schroeder
According to a report from Jerusalem published in the International Herald Tribune, "Hamas has now sent hundreds of its fighters, most of them to Iran. . . Israel is watching as Hamas, in control of Gaza, is building an army there on the model of Hezbollah in southern Lebanon—constructing positions and fortifications."

World News and Trends: Stark implications of Israeli strike against Syrian reactor

  • by Jerold Aust, John Ross Schroeder
According to The New York Times, "Israel's air attack on Syria last month was directed against a site that Israeli and American intelligence analysts judged was a partly constructed nuclear reactor, apparently modeled on one North Korea had used to create its stockpile of nuclear weapons fuel, according to American and foreign officials with access to the intelligence reports" (Oct. 14, 2007).
A young woman holding a small present in front of Christmas tree.

What's Behind the Magnetic Pull of the Christmas Season?

  • by Jerold Aust
Millions observe Christmas because it's a feel-good time with holiday music filling the air, brightly decorated trees, Santa Claus for the children and family togetherness. But does the Christmas season have a strong, commercially motivated magnetic pull that goes unnoticed by most?