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Goose Population Can Be Controlled Dec. 23, 2020
Question: We live in a lovely subdivision in which the homes back up to a pond. It's really pretty, ... Read More
Republicans Retain a Marginal Advantage in Redistricting Nov. 27, 2020
One of the many big surprises in this month's surprising election was the Democrats' failure to over... Read More
Should We Get Married or Continue Living Together? Part II: Puerto Rico's Never-Ending Status Question Nov. 21, 2020
Allow me to resume the analogy of a human couple. Puerto Rico's Independence Party advocates separat... Read More
Race and Politics: Contemporary Echoes of the US Antebellum (Part II) Sep. 10, 2020
University of Maryland Professor James G. Gimpel's race and ethnicity analysis of the 2016 president... Read More
Race and Politics: Contemporary Echoes of the US Antebellum (Part I) Sep. 09, 2020
Not a few commentators rushed to celebrate Barack Obama's 2008 election as the advent of a "post-rac... Read More
Forget Downsizing Mar. 20, 2020
For many of my baby boomer peers, the most-dreaded activity on the horizon is the possibility of bei... Read More
Why Are So Many Young People Unhappy? Jan. 21, 2020
Here are some unhappy statistics: — In America between 1946 and 2006, the suicide rate quadrup... Read More
Our Real Existential Crisis -- Extinction Jan. 03, 2020
If Western elites were asked to name the greatest crisis facing mankind, climate change would win in... Read More
Why Crime Is on the Decline Dec. 14, 2019
"Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime." — Aristotle Aristotle had a point, but there ... Read More
Don't Be a Technophobe Nov. 22, 2019
It's no secret that many "mature Americans" are scrambling to keep pace with the rapid advances in t... Read More
Our Changing Values Should Worry Us Aug. 28, 2019
The late historian and political philosopher Harry V. Jaffa noted the significance that the preamble... Read More
The Apocalyptic Anti-Human Vision That Inspired Title X Aug. 21, 2019
Can you guess which future president expressed these views in 1970? "No one can honestly say how man... Read More
Widow Facts Jul. 26, 2019
As you can imagine, my research files for the "Positive Aging" columns are filled with statistics. F... Read More
The Silver Tsunami Jul. 19, 2019
Some population experts have referred to the increasing numbers of aging baby boomers as the "silver... Read More
Chief Justice Wisely Gets Courts out of Redistricting Politics Jul. 05, 2019
"Partisan gerrymandering is nothing new," writes Chief Justice John Roberts near the beginning of hi... Read More
A Declining Population Need Not Cause Angst May. 28, 2019
Total births in the United States fell last year to about 3.79 million, the smallest number in 32 ye... Read More
Alabama and Georgia Abortion Laws on Right Track May. 22, 2019
When we talk about "pro-life" in our national discussion about abortion, "life" is understood to be ... Read More
When Earth Day Predictions Go Predictably Wrong Apr. 25, 2019
As activists around the world recently celebrated Earth Day with warnings about the awful state of o... Read More
Liberals Tell Supreme Court How Illegal Immigration Increases Their Power Apr. 24, 2019
TERENCE P. JEFFREY RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2019 Liberals Tell Supreme Court How Illegal Immig... Read More
Is the U.S. Full? Wrong Question Apr. 11, 2019
"Our country is full," President Trump said in regard to the immigration debate. Is this true? That ... Read More
