Is the Glass Half Full or Half Empty?
A fascinating article in an alternative Canadian newspaper hit on something important recently when it claimed that “it’s not cool to be... Read More
Golden, Grizzly or Brown Bear
By whatever name, Ursus arctos survives and thrives only in areas with few humans As a kid, I was fascinated with the... Read More
Epic Liberal Hypocrisy on Full Display at NYC Mayor’s Inaugural
Welcoming in a New Era with the New Year in New York, unapologetic Democrat and proud progressive Bill de Blasio was formally... Read More
Bill Gates Weighs in on ‘The Bet’ over the Earth’s Future
In 1981, the same year that Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft, an economist and an ecologist made a simple but... Read More
Overpopulated ≠ Overcrowded
Many folks conflate overpopulation with overcrowding, but while the two terms do overlap, they are far from synonymous. Overcrowding is a much... Read More
The California We Lost: California’s Precious, Beleaguered Wetlands
Wetlands, once disparaged as wastelands that produce little more than muck, stench, pestilence and swarms of mosquitos, are now recognized as one... Read More
‘Feel-Good’ Environmentalism and Population Issues
All too many environmentalists are motivated more by feeling good about protecting the environment than actually protecting the environment. An experiment reported... Read More
Projected U.S. Population Growth Greater Than All Other Developed Countries Combined
Most CAPS supporters and readers of this blog probably sense intuitively – and correctly – that the U.S. population is increasing faster... Read More
Leading Newspapers Slant Immigration Coverage — Censorship Par for Course at L.A. Times, N.Y. Times, Washington Post
Immigration restrictionists constantly carp about how biased “lamestream media” coverage is of the immigration issue. They’re right. Journalists rely on “frames” and... Read More
California’s Sinking San Joaquin Valley
I have written often about California’s worsening water resource problems. At the same time our population and water demands are growing, with... Read More