Monthly Archives: January 2024

Figure 1 – Declining fertility rate (Source: Visual Capitalist) This blog starts with a large infographic that was recently compiled by my favorite site, Visual Capitalist, based on recent data from the Word Bank. For more examples of my use of … Continue reading →

(Source: Andrew Harnik, AP via E & E News POLITICO) This year is a presidential election year. While there will be other stressors during the election cycle, the collective stress factor of this past week was the identity of the … Continue reading →

Politically, the world is polarized. On the Right, the battle cry is to block immigration; on the Left, to pursue equity. Climate change tends to get lost in the chat but the Left generally goes along with the scientists in … Continue reading →

A good summary of the impacts of climate change last year, and what is being done to adapt to and mitigate these impacts, can be found in a New Year publication of Mother Jones. The two introductory paragraphs are quoted … Continue reading →

(Source: US Census Bureau) 2023 was a mess, from my perspective (see last week’s blog). It is almost a given for me that 2024 will be better. A good start for readers may be to go back to my first … Continue reading →