Brian Gongol
(9.15.2004)
World Population Soaring; UN Worried
Bureaucrats are blaming $34 million in family-planning funds withheld by the United States under President Bush. Probably more significant is the link between poverty and high birth rates. Some look at overpopulation as causing poverty. A more likely examination is that poor families will tend to over-populate. A large family is a good safety net for old people, and a source of cheap labor (on the farm, for example) in the meantime. Meantime, there's reason for hope when one considers that economic growth leads to better diets.
(9.15.2004)
Mobile Draws the Short Straw
Looks like a direct hit from Ivan is likely for Mobile, Alabama. Follow coverage from local media: WEAR, WKRG, WPMI, Mobile Register, Pensacola News Journal. It's bad news for Pensacola Naval Air Station. The BBC says two million people have been told to evacuate.
