Monthly Archives: October 2002

Commenting on the U.S.'s refusal to accept abortion as a fundamental human right, and its insistence on language in the final document of the World Summit on Sustainable Development that respects national laws and cultural and religious values, Zonibel Woods of Action Canada for Population and Development resorted to the last refuge of the hopelessly desperate: rhetorical extremism. Woods compared Bush and [...]

The Aug. 24 Economist magazine discussed in both the lead editorial and a three-page cover story the central issue of Western politics: the changing demographic reality. Western societies are aging, and fast. Well, not quite all Western countries. The U.S. has, in recent years, experienced a growth in its fertility rate, which now stands just below the replacement level of 2.1 children [...]