Ask anyone if the world is overpopulated, and you know what they will say. The idea that we humans are breeding ourselves to death—and taking the planet with us–is in the air that we breathe. It was drummed into us in high school biology, where
One of the favorite claims of the population control movement is that the world is running out of resources: food, energy, and space. “There is plenty of evidence to suggest that humanity is already exceeding the planet’s limits and that we are reducing the earth’s
“There are three kinds of lies,” Disraeli once famously remarked. “There are lies, damned lies and statistics.” But we now know, thanks to the United Nations Population Fund, that there is a fourth way to lie as well: the Population Graph. In the run up
Islamic terrorists have used roadside bombs, car bombs and plane bombs in their attacks on us. Might the Islamic “population bomb” be their next weapon of choice? The demographic sophisticates who read this column know that the population bomb has fizzled, that the world’s population
Note: The following is excerpted from Steven Mosher’s book, Population Control—Real Costs, Illusory Benefits. The first population bomber of the modern age was, by profession at least, ill-suited to the task. The Rev. Thomas Malthus, Anglican clergyman, predicted in 1798 that there would be standing
Fatal Misconception Reviewed by Steven W. Mosher I imagined that Fatal Misconception (Belknap Press, 544 pages, $35) would be a no-holds-barred historical account of how the West imperialistically imposed population control on the rest. Connelly, however, at the very outset of his study, specifically eschews
If asked what function the San Francisco-based Sierra Club performs, most of its 1.3 million members would probably reply “protecting the environment,” or “raising awareness of endangered species,” or words to that effect. Yet, in their 2007 legislative report for Minnesota, the Sierra Club spent
27 August 2007 Vol. 9 / No. 31 Dear Colleague, Why do so many environmentalists think that saving the earth means sacrificing the baby humans? Steve Mosher Green Guilt and Population Control If asked what function the San Francisco-based Sierra Club performs, most of its
Ask anyone if the world is overpopulated, and you know what they will say. The idea that we humans are breeding ourselves to death—and taking
One of the favorite claims of the population control movement is that the world is running out of resources: food, energy, and space. “There is
“There are three kinds of lies,” Disraeli once famously remarked. “There are lies, damned lies and statistics.” But we now know, thanks to the United
Islamic terrorists have used roadside bombs, car bombs and plane bombs in their attacks on us. Might the Islamic “population bomb” be their next weapon
Note: The following is excerpted from Steven Mosher’s book, Population Control—Real Costs, Illusory Benefits. The first population bomber of the modern age was, by profession
Fatal Misconception Reviewed by Steven W. Mosher I imagined that Fatal Misconception (Belknap Press, 544 pages, $35) would be a no-holds-barred historical account of how
If asked what function the San Francisco-based Sierra Club performs, most of its 1.3 million members would probably reply “protecting the environment,” or “raising awareness
27 August 2007 Vol. 9 / No. 31 Dear Colleague, Why do so many environmentalists think that saving the earth means sacrificing the baby humans?