I just added a further comment to Gary's column after reading his entire lengthy essay:

Gary's lengthy article, and his uniformitarian views vis a vis society, government, and economy don't convince me. I'm a catastrophist. As far as I can tell, Jim Sinclair is not a Bible-believing Christian, but it's Gary's comments that remind me of a quote from 2 Peter: "Scoffers will come in the last days...saying, 'Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.' " We're on the cusp of a huge catastrophic upheaval. Jim Sinclair sees it. Gary North does not. What's wrong with this picture?