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Created by God, Destroyed by Man
By Judie Brown St. Ignatius of Loyola wrote in his Spiritual Exercises, “Man is created to praise, reverence, and serve God our Lord, and by this means to save his soul.” This is a fundamental principle for Christians, but in this world, it is anathema to many. Why? Because if a human being views himself...
Population Research – Peter T. Kilborn
Definition of Abortion Is Found to Vary AbroadPeter T. KilbornThe New York Times Officially, Bangladesh prohibits abortion except to save a mother’s life. But the government of Bangladesh, an emphatic proponent of birth control, and the nongovernment Family...
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...