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Suicide and the Law
By Judie Brown It seems almost ironic to use that headline! On the one hand, the laws of man are fungible, so even killing oneself is permitted. But not according to God’s law. Sadly, that fact has not stopped the erosion of respect for the human being, including oneself. The United States has come a long way, or should I say it has slid a long way down since the first reported assisted suicide...
Population Research – Toni Horst, Ph.D.
Global GreyingToni Horst, Ph.D.Specialist in regional economics and demographics One implication of the growing elderly share of the population is that fewer workers will be supporting retirees in the future. At present, working taxpayers outnumber retirees in the...
Population Research – Fred Pearce
Counting DownFred PearceNew Scientist Magazine Only 12 years have passed since we hit the 5-billion mark, so the event has been greeted with portentous warnings of a “population time bomb” and a “demographic disaster”. But delve behind the...
Population Research – Frank Furedi
Six Billion People? Three Cheers!Frank FurediAuthor of Population and Development: A Critical Introduction The traditional argument of the population lobby, for example, was that controlling numbers was essential to economic development. For some time now,...
Population Research – Roberta Friedman
Sea Water to DrinkRoberta FriedmanTechnology Review, August/September 1989 As drought continues to threaten may regions, seawater is becoming a reasonable solution to the dearth of potable water. Once an exotic process limited to desert settlements and expensive...
Population Research – Nicholas Eberstadt
The World Population CrisisNicholas EberstadtFormer research fellow at the Rockefeller Foundation “With respect to fertility, there are issues attendant to the sub-replacement fertility levels that now characterize nearly half the planet’s populace (e.g. how to...
Population Research – Economically Viable Alternative Green
Is World Population Really a Problem?Economically Viable Alternative GreenAustralia Despite cries of doom and gloom from perpetrators of the myth of too many it is becoming increasingly obvious that the real difficulty faced by humanity and the environment will be the...