demographics

In a post subsequently sent to AAH, CE presented us with this link to a recent "Nice little speech" by Putler, along with a lengthy quote from the English translation. I want to pick only one sentence from this demagoguery filled with lies and nods to vile conspiracy theories, and see whether it...

Number of births in Japan falls to record low in 2020 The part I didn't expect is that deaths actually declined in 2020 for the first time in 11 years. A small decline, and the decline in births was larger, but one might have imagined that deaths would increase in a pandemic year. So digging...

Hadn't seen this article posted anywhere. This topic has been discussed in great detail in a few threads, so I figured this would be fodder for some good discussion. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/22/science/22tier.html Here is a link to the paper itself (it is also linked in the article)...

Gangland slayings in the Palestinian territories this week have pitted the Islamist gunmen of Hamas against the secular forces of Fatah. The killings defy civilised norms: in December even children were targeted for murder. But the killings also defy political common sense. Ariel Sharon's wall...