By John Stonestreet and Dr. Timothy D. Padgett Fifty years ago last week, a government report lived up to the old adage that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. On March 27, 1972, a document known to history as the “Rockefeller Commission Report on Population and the American Future,” called for zero …
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The “Population Bomb” Fizzles, but Now There is a Birth Dearth with Grave Consequences in Many Countries By Nancy Valko Dr. Paul R. Ehrlich was an entomologist (a scientist who specializes in the study of insects) at Stanford University when he published his bestseller “The Population Bomb” in 1968. Although initially ignored, it incited a worldwide fear …
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By Marcus Roberts Today I thought that I’d draw your attention to a particularly repulsive ad that graces a bus stop in Vancouver. The ad features a picture of a cute baby, smiling, looking with joy out at commuters. Underneath it, the ad says: “The most loving gift you can give your first child is not …
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The Case against “Culling the Herd” By John Stonestreet with Roberto Rivera According to news reports, there’s at least one bright spot amidst all the COVID-19 bad news: The planet is beginning to heal itself. With those pesky and invasive humans stuck at home, animals are reclaiming wild spaces (and even city streets) and, of …
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A Call to Love, Sacrifice, and Hope By John Stonestreet with G. Shane Morris A recent open letter from the Alliance of World Scientists began this way: “We declare, with more than 11,000 scientist signatories from around the world…that planet Earth is facing a climate emergency.” The letter is filled with urgent language and what …
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By Steven W. Mosher, President, Population Research Institute Editor’s note. This article originally appeared on the New York Post [] and is reposted with Mr. Mosher’s permission Bernie Sanders is a real blast from the past. Not only does the aging pol peddle failed socialist ideas that are better at producing tyranny than prosperity, now …
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Politicians are backing a bill which orders civil servants to stop at two By William Huang On August 15 Prime Minister Narendra Modi stepped out to the Red Fort in the Indian capital of New Delhi as a newly empowered man, after the landslide election win of his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). His …
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez thinks that childlessness may be a good thing By Michael Cook New York’s celebrity Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently told her 2.7 million followers on Instagram that it was a “legitimate question” to ask whether they should have children in an age of looming climate disasters. “Our planet is going to face disaster …
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Editor’s note. The following editorial appears in the January issue of The Interim, a prominent pro-life Canadian publication, and is reposted with permission. We recently reviewed Population Bombed: Exploding the Link Between Overpopulation and Climate Change in these pages (“Persistently incorrect population worries,” October), in which authors Pierre Desrochers and Joanna Szurmak argue that concerns …
Continue reading "Eliminate humanity for the good of the planet?"By John Stonestreet & G. Shane Morris No one wants their kids to grow up to become criminals. But for some, their crime is simply existing. Children are some of the greatest blessings in life. They teach you that the world doesn’t revolve around you, they bring endless joy and opportunities for character development, and …
Continue reading "Banning Babies? Humans Are the Solution, Not the Problem"This discredited shibboleth won’t die By Marcus Roberts One of the ideas that this blog is trying to combat is the doom-mongering of those preaching the overpopulation panic. Although it has died down a fair bit since Paul Ehrlich published “The Population Bomb” in the 1960s, and indeed even since we started writing on this …
Continue reading "Shock! Horror! Arghhhh! Overpopulation!"By Matthew Balan On Monday’s Today, NBC’s Savannah Guthrie and Tom Hanks boosted the supposed crisis of overpopulation, which is part of the plot of the actor’s new movie, Inferno. Guthrie touted “Malthusian theory” during the interview. Hanks revealed that a former professor of his introduced him to “the concept that eventually, the world will …
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