The three leading contenders for the U.S. Democratic presidential nomination are white, rich and old. It’s an odd development for a party that allegedly celebrates diversity, sees itself as representing the underdog and sells itself as youth-oriented. Kaye Hymowitz, writing in City Journal, reminds Democrats that every revolution devours its young, and “those who live by identity politics often die by identity politics.”
At Least He Paid his Losing Bet
Paul Ehrlich, author of the spectacularly incorrect 1968 best-seller The Population Bomb, recently died at 93. Despite his longevity, Ronald Bailey points out in Reason, Ehrlich did not live to see even one of his numerous apocalyptic predictions come true. The world’s population certainly grew, but not merely larger, richer and fatter too. Most famously, Ehrlich once bet economist Julian Simon that the world was approaching economic collapse – but in 1990 had to mail Simon a cheque.
