In the 1960s, people listened to Paul Ehrlich’s “Population Bomb” doomsaying and concluded it was bad for children to be born. Policymakers adopted population-trimming policies. But the 21st century is not turning out as expected. Global fertility is collapsing. Glenn H. Reynolds in the New York Post looks at what global population might do over the next century.
Where the Courts Just Aren’t Cricket
Judicial reforms in Britian will soon allow pre-sentencing reports for cases involving “an ethnic minority, cultural minority, and/or faith minority” offender. With these reports meant to argue for a reduction in punishment, Frank Haviland observes in The European Conservative that the unmistakable belief behind the move is that “only white men deserve to feel the full force of the law.” Welcome to two-tier justice, British-style.
