Social security is about to go belly up, financially speaking. And at the head of this crisis is a demographic disproportion: there are simply too few young people coming into the workforce to support the increasing numbers of elderly baby boomers who are retiring. In
A few seconds after midnight a baby emerged from the womb of her mother, drew her first breath, and announced her arrival into the world with a tiny cry. This is Baby Seven Billion. Today, 31 October 2011, is her birthday. This piece appeared in
Welcome, Washington Times reader! This weekend, the world’s population will reach 7 billion. Relax. It’ll be okay. Watch our cartoon and see why. Watch more videos on the myth of overpopulation. Baby Seven Billion, Welcome. A few seconds after midnight a baby emerged from the
“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
My daughter told the group that the common good is to be found not in the discovery of new principles for living, but in the rediscovery of God-given truths about the importance of faith, life and family. Editor’s Note: Last week my daughter, Moriah Mosher,
PRI has released a new video: a mini-documentary taken during our latest trip to Moscow, Russia! In this fast-paced, 12-minute internet documentary, PRI pays a visit to Russia, and discusses the country’s plummeting birthrates and skyrocketing death rates. PRI’s media director, Colin Mason, says that
Colin Mason, PRI’s Director of Media, writes about his experience of Russia from the ground, and his opinion on what it is going to take to get Russians having babies again. I remember standing in my room in the Cosmos Hotel, sleep-deprived from airports and
I write from Moscow, where I am participating in a Demographic Summit. We have an historic opportunity to help reduce, perhaps even outlaw, abortion throughout Russia. There is a bill in the Russian Duma that would place severe restrictions on abortion, saving the lives of
On Monday, May 20th, Steven W. Mosher testified on the impact of U.S. funded anti-natal programs before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe. Mosher is an internationally recognized authority on population issues, as well as an acclaimed author, speaker, and president of the
I was praying before the tomb of the great Cardinal Mindszenty in his cathedral at Esztergom, when I heard the news that his beloved Hungary had passed a new, pro-life constitution. The Cardinal, who took sanctuary in the U.S. Embassy for 16 years after Soviet
Social security is about to go belly up, financially speaking. And at the head of this crisis is a demographic disproportion: there are simply too
A few seconds after midnight a baby emerged from the womb of her mother, drew her first breath, and announced her arrival into the world
Welcome, Washington Times reader! This weekend, the world’s population will reach 7 billion. Relax. It’ll be okay. Watch our cartoon and see why. Watch more
“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
My daughter told the group that the common good is to be found not in the discovery of new principles for living, but in the
PRI has released a new video: a mini-documentary taken during our latest trip to Moscow, Russia! In this fast-paced, 12-minute internet documentary, PRI pays a
Colin Mason, PRI’s Director of Media, writes about his experience of Russia from the ground, and his opinion on what it is going to take
I write from Moscow, where I am participating in a Demographic Summit. We have an historic opportunity to help reduce, perhaps even outlaw, abortion throughout
On Monday, May 20th, Steven W. Mosher testified on the impact of U.S. funded anti-natal programs before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe.
I was praying before the tomb of the great Cardinal Mindszenty in his cathedral at Esztergom, when I heard the news that his beloved Hungary
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