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from HumanProgress.org
Education Website
Recently, when asked if he would act to “curb population growth” because “the planet cannot sustain this growth,” Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders answered in the affirmative, noting he would focus on “poor countries around the world.” Former Vice President Joe Biden, one of Sanders’ rivals and current leading contender for the Democratic nomination, previously voiced acceptance of China’s one-child (now two-child) policy, telling a Chinese audience, “Your policy has been one which I fully understand — I’m not second-guessing — of one child per family.” The problem with embracing a demographic goal to “curb population growth” rather than leaving each family to make their own decisions is that it often results in coercion. Also, the very idea of “overpopulation” is fundamentally misguided.
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from The Orca News & Media Website in B.C.
Daniel Marshall on a titan of BC historians. Gone 23 years, her work, influence, and reputation are undiminished.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
Sue Lani Madsen: 51st state movement rooted in history and differences, not fantasy
In 1852, the convention of delegates from northern Oregon seeking to split Oregon Territory at the Columbia River. wrote regarding right-sizing the population: “… in States having a moderate-sized territory, the wants of the people are more easily made known to their representatives, there is less danger of conflict between sectional interests, and more prompt and adequate legislation can always be obtained.” It was another 37 years to statehood, Proponents of the new State of Washington presumptively wrote a constitution in 1878 to try and speed things up. It still took another decade to statehood.
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Sue Lani Madsen: 51st state movement rooted in history and differences, not fantasy
In 1852, the convention of delegates from northern Oregon seeking to split Oregon Territory at the Columbia River. wrote regarding right-sizing the population: “… in States having a moderate-sized territory, the wants of the people are more easily made known to their representatives, there is less danger of conflict between sectional interests, and more prompt and adequate legislation can always be obtained.” It was another 37 years to statehood, Proponents of the new State of Washington presumptively wrote a constitution in 1878 to try and speed things up. It still took another decade to statehood.
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