Who Cares? Americans, That's Who.

David Marshall in The Truth Behind The New Atheism, quoting Arthur Brooks, Who Really Cares?

No European country gives as much, on average as the United States of America.

The closest, Spain, gives less than half.

* Americans give 3 1/2 times as much as the French

* Americans give 7 times as much as the Germans

* Americans give 14 times as much as the Italians

Americans are far more likely to:
* Volunteer
* Help a Stranger
* Give money back when long-changed in a store

Anecdotally, my experience in Africa confirms this. The Americans, Christians, are THERE, with their wealth, their know-how, their energy, and that distinctly American "can-do" spirit.

The world would be an incalculably poorer place, in every way, without the United States of America, and Americans, in it.

Sometimes, this just needs to be said.

And that's the way the Ball bounces.