Tag Archives: population

U.S. Immigration is Big News in Central America

South of the U.S./Mexico border, the presidential race is being watched with keen interest. In  [...]

World Population Nears 8 Billion

  World Population Day, created by the United Nations “to focus attention on the urgency  [...]

Coming Soon, a Borderless U.S.

Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) shocked most observers, including her New England neighbor and fellow  [...]

California Off the Rails, State a Disaster Zone

When former California Gov. Jerry Brown announced his ill-conceived, ill-fated high-speed train that no one  [...]

Earth Day 2019: Since Neil Armstrong Walked on the Moon, Global Population has Doubled

Fifty years ago, in 1969 when astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk  [...]

Observing Our Impact This World Population Day

July 11th is recognized as UN World Population Day. Beginning in 1989, a day to focus  [...]

Why Do We Continue To Ignore Solutions To Planetary Crises?

Talking past each other as the planet gets more and more uninhabitable will likely not  [...]

Practical Advice for Protecting the Environment

In last week’s blog I shared my reaction to the environmental theme of the Rio  [...]

In America, Rape is Considered Non-Judicial Punishment

The other week, a sandwich salesman plead guilty to paying under-aged prostitutes for sex.  The internet  [...]