The Real Population Threat
For well over a century, many prophets of doom have predicted world overpopulation would lead to ecological disaster, famine, poverty and other woes. As Philip Longman points out in the March 24, 2009...
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Is Cap and Trade for Babies Next?
Just when you thought you’d seen everything, a pair of scientists at Oregon State University has published a study arguing that any effort to limit carbon emissions must consider the impact of...
View ArticleLimiting Our Carbon Footprint: No More Babies
What do birth rates and greenhouse gasses have in common? Nothing. Unless you’re debating whether or not to have children because you’re concerned about the reach of your green footprint. Researchers...
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NewsNote: Falling Fertility Makes for Happy Economists?
Is the fact that fertility is falling around the world good news? You would certainly think so if you agree with the analysis cheerily offered by The Economist. That very respected journal of economic...
View ArticleFalling Fertility Makes for Happy Economists?
Is the fact that fertility rates are falling around the world a good thing? According to the Economist, the answer is yes. Falling birth rates in certain parts of the world are no surprise. The...
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The Scandal of Gendercide — War on Baby Girls
The reality has been known for years now, though the Western media have generally resisted any direct coverage of the horror. That changed this week when The Economist published its stunning cover...
View ArticleThe Scandal of Gendercide — War on Baby Girls
While the reality has been known for years, the Western media have generally resisted any direct coverage of the horror that is Gendercide. That changed this week when The Economist magazine published...
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The Global Threat of Gendercide
Historian Niall Ferguson reminds us that Ernest Hemingway once penned a collection of short stories entitled Men Without Women. The stories are haunting, demonstrating the brutality that comes to men...
View ArticleDemography and the Culture War–A Rightward Shift?
Those who think demographic statistics should be of interest only to social scientists and policy wonks should pay close attention to Stanley Kurtz’s recent article, “Demographics and the Culture War,”...
View ArticleMore Abortions Than Births in Russia
Here is evidence of cultural disaster: Russians, whose lives are shorter and poorer than they were under communism, have more abortions than births to avoid the costs of raising children, Bloomberg.com...
View ArticleA Blind Man Sees What Others Cannot — The Evil of China’s ‘One Child Only’...
Chen Guangcheng is blind, but the 34-year-old activist is taking on the Chinese government’s “one child only” policy. This man sees what others cannot or will not — the true horror of the Chinese...
View ArticleThe Real Population Crisis — Shrinking Numbers
One of the most powerful movements of the last half-century directed its energeis toward avoidance of what it termed the “population explosion.” Some leaders in the movement were ideologues driven by...
View ArticleAnother Take on the Population Question — The Jewish Birthrate
Jack Wertheimer writes about the problem of a falling Jewish birthrate in the October issue of Commentary. He writes with directness and insight: Keep Reading
View ArticleMissing Wives and Missing Women — Another Legacy of Social Engineering
Foreign Policy reports that Asia now faces a tragic shortage of young women available to marry. This is not an entirely new development, of course, and the demographic trends have been pointing in this...
View Article“There Really is a Crisis Situation”— India’s Millions of Missing Girls
The Associated Press is out with a rather amazing news report. It seems that India is now ready to raise unwanted baby girls in special orphanages throughout the nation. The practice of female...
View ArticleFalling Birthrates, Empty Cribs, and Collapsing Worldviews
What really explains the disastrous fall in European birthrates? The collapse of birthrates in Europe covers almost the entire continent and has left many observers scratching their heads in...
View ArticleThe “Fatal Misconception” of Global Population Control
The history of the movement to control the world’s population is a largely untold story which includes a number of painful lessons. In his recently released book, Fatal Misconception: The Struggle to...
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