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From the Countries…

Developed population drops but many eat better despite “crowding” The Depopulation of Japan The Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning (JOJCFP) wrote in a recent issue of JOICFP News that the most recent figures on Japan’s birthrate are a “cause for concern.” Unlike

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Popcorn & Correspondence: Coming of Age in Anthropology

I joined the American Anthropological Association in 1978 while a graduate student at Stanford University. Impressed by the anthropologists’ concern for native peoples, and thinking that I was going to make the study of man my profession, I paid out $1,000 for a life membership.

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So, what about this global warming?

Balmy late-November, early December weather along the Eastern Seaboard prompted the jocular question, “So, how about this global warming?” The riposte throughout the northern Great Plains was, “So, where is the global warming?” as residents dug out from under early blizzards and endured sub-zero temperatures.

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The Mouth of the South Strikes Again

Ted Turner’s clearly ad-libbed after-dinner speech, about humanity’s self-destructiveness, was a confused synthesis of Southern populism, stand-up comedy shtick, and talk-radio outrage. “I don’t know how many of you have seen ‘Road Warrior.’ It’s a Warner Brothers movie,” he said, unable to resist a plug.

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What’s New at PRI?

Christmas inspires us to reflection; New Year’s to resolution. We are called to reflect on the successes and setbacks of the year ending; we gird ourselves for new challenges in the year to come. The year now ending marked Population Research Institute’s coming of age

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From the Countries…

Developed population drops but many eat better despite “crowding” The Depopulation of Japan The Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning (JOJCFP) wrote in

Read More »

So, what about this global warming?

Balmy late-November, early December weather along the Eastern Seaboard prompted the jocular question, “So, how about this global warming?” The riposte throughout the northern Great

Read More »

The Mouth of the South Strikes Again

Ted Turner’s clearly ad-libbed after-dinner speech, about humanity’s self-destructiveness, was a confused synthesis of Southern populism, stand-up comedy shtick, and talk-radio outrage. “I don’t know

Read More »

What’s New at PRI?

Christmas inspires us to reflection; New Year’s to resolution. We are called to reflect on the successes and setbacks of the year ending; we gird

Read More »