Michael Cook
Swine flu "aggravated" by over-populationMichael Cook | 12 May 2009The link between the swine flu epidemic was sure to pop up somewhere. And so it did, in a press release from the Population Media Center, another ginger group for population control.Houston, we've got a heck of a problemMichael Cook | 7 May 2009In our last post, we pointed out that over-population is the worst problem facing the world today. Well, at least a couple of ecologists in the Adirondacks think it is. However, if we are scanning the horizon for things to worry about, we mustn’t overlook collisions with asteroids. This week the Planetary Defense Conference is holding a conference in Grenada, Spain. Although I come to this as a layman, I must say that the prospect of the instantaneous annihilation of the human race is a good deal scarier than the possibility of a declining lifestyle in an increasing population.US now "deeply committed" to slowing population growthMichael Cook | 6 May 2009The new US ambassador for global women's issues has assured the UN of the Obama administration's "deep commitment" to a its blueprint for slowing the population explosion and empowering women. However, Melanne Verveer highlighted the importance of educating girls rather than "reproductive rights". The theory is that educated women choose to have fewer children.I love people to death, but if only there were fewer of themMichael Cook | 5 May 2009One of the self-appointed goals of Demography Is Destiny is highlighting loopy anti-human predictions for posterity. Most of them come from the UK, God bless the Brits, but lately I’ve found a few in the US as well. This one comes an Earth Day message from the faculty at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, in Syracuse, New York. Overpopulation is the world’s top environmental issue, they say, followed closely by climate change and sustainable energy.Caring for ageing CanadiansMichael Cook | 4 May 2009Who is going to care for Canadian senior citizens in 20 years’ time? The changing ratio of elderly to children projected by Statistics Canada is sobering reading. Derek Miedema, of the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada, warns in a recent newsletter that the government has to begin preparing for a demographic winter now.The demographic roots of the recessionMichael Cook | 2 May 2009In the immortal words of George H.W. Bush, the American economy is "in deep doo-doo". But why? There’s no simple answer, of course, but remarkably few people have taken a long-term view and examined the demographic background to the recession. That’s why "Demographics & Depression", by First Thing’s associate editor David P. Goldman is essential reading.Peter Singer on feeding the world's poorMichael Cook | 21 Apr 2009I have been reading Peter Singer’s latest book, The life you can save:
Acting now to end world poverty. Yes, that Peter Singer, the animal
rights philosopher whose ethical system encompasses infanticide and
euthanasia. Much to my surprise, I agree with him! |
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