You may have thought that with the passing of Christmas you had heard the last of holiday fruitcakes. Not so fast. It seems as though the winter holidays aren’t the only time for them. Apparently, some fruitcakes last all year long. Brace yourselves because these
Recently, I began a talk with the following words: “My wife recently gave birth to our ninth child. Now the question I want to put to you is this: Is little Chiara [the name is Italian for Claire) part of the overpopulation problem, or is
One reason for the Peruvian Ministry of Health’s (MOH) chronic mistreatment of women in family planning programs is that abused women have little or no effective recourse. Rocio Villanueva Flores, an official with the Defensaria del Pueblo (the Peruvian ombudsman) and who specializes in women’s
A group called Project Reality, at a press conference in Washington, DC, educated members of America’s media about the rise in popularity of abstinence-based sex-ed programs in public schools throughout the US, and the decline of contraceptive-based programs. On 14 December 1999, Project Reality cited
[Editor’s note: PRI ‘s Weekly News Briefing is broadcast to a growing list of email recipients worldwide, including news reporters and editors. Our Weekly Briefing of 16 December 1999, Vol. l/No. 26, addressed New England’s depopulation crisis. It was re-broadcast by media in Maine, and
[Editor’s note: In January of 1998, David Morrison made his first trip to Peru to investigate that country ’s coercive sterilization campaign. Despite promises made by USAID) and the Peruvian government that the abuses he found would be curbed, reports from Peru suggested otherwise. On
China’s Abuses Ignored for Profit by Catherine Edwards Insight Magazine December 20, 1999 The U.S. government and U.S. corporations continue to push for closer economic ties with Communist China despite the country’s horrendous human-rights record. In Beijing in mid-November, China reached a trade agreement with
What Simon Said Was Right by Timothy W. Maier Insight Magazine December 20, 1999 Just when doomsday propagandists thought it was safe to kick-start the rumor mill, the posthumous publication of Julian Simon’s Hoodwinking the Nation blows their cover. When it recently was announced that
December 16, 1999 Volume 1/ Number 26 Dear Friend and Colleague: New England, long a bastion of population control sentiment, home to the lowest birthrates in the nation, is suffering from a growing labor shortage. New Englanders find themselves in the awkward position of having to
December 10, 1999 Vol. 1/ Number 25 Dear Friend and Colleague: We report on two victories achieved during the recent session of Congress. President Ronald Reagan’s Mexico City Policy was signed into law by President William Jefferson Clinton, who overturned this same executive order upon taking
You may have thought that with the passing of Christmas you had heard the last of holiday fruitcakes. Not so fast. It seems as though
Recently, I began a talk with the following words: “My wife recently gave birth to our ninth child. Now the question I want to put
One reason for the Peruvian Ministry of Health’s (MOH) chronic mistreatment of women in family planning programs is that abused women have little or no
A group called Project Reality, at a press conference in Washington, DC, educated members of America’s media about the rise in popularity of abstinence-based sex-ed
[Editor’s note: PRI ‘s Weekly News Briefing is broadcast to a growing list of email recipients worldwide, including news reporters and editors. Our Weekly Briefing
[Editor’s note: In January of 1998, David Morrison made his first trip to Peru to investigate that country ’s coercive sterilization campaign. Despite promises made
China’s Abuses Ignored for Profit by Catherine Edwards Insight Magazine December 20, 1999 The U.S. government and U.S. corporations continue to push for closer economic
What Simon Said Was Right by Timothy W. Maier Insight Magazine December 20, 1999 Just when doomsday propagandists thought it was safe to kick-start the
December 16, 1999 Volume 1/ Number 26 Dear Friend and Colleague: New England, long a bastion of population control sentiment, home to the lowest birthrates in
December 10, 1999 Vol. 1/ Number 25 Dear Friend and Colleague: We report on two victories achieved during the recent session of Congress. President Ronald Reagan’s