There was no population growth at all in Germany in 2020, for the first time since 2011. It wasn’t because fewer babies were born, though the birth rate did drop slightly in 2020. Normally, Germany’s population growth results solely from positive net immigration. In fact, without immigration, the population would have actually been shrinking since 1972. Covid-19 restrictions […]
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The long-awaited Final Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes was released this week. The report is 2,685 pages long, so many who seemed to have pre-written pieces ready go the day of the report might not have had time to absorb or digest its contents. Much of the commentary around the […]
A novel argument for chipping away at legalised abortion in the United States is catching on amongst the judiciary: abortion should not be used for eugenic purposes. Last week the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit struck down Arkansas Acts 493 and 619. The first attempted to ban abortions after 18 weeks because it is […]
In a recent study, Bethany Gull and Claudia Geist identify two paths leading to men’s increased housework participation—one non-religious and egalitarian, the other religious and family-centered. Their results surprised them, as they had expected conservative religious men to have lower housework participation due to their traditional gender ideologies. We were not surprised by their findings. We suggest there […]
Wednesday, January 6, was a dark day. The world looked on as disaffected Trump supporters stormed what should have been a fortress—the United States Capitol. Congressional offices were trashed, over 80 arrests were made, and five people tragically lost their lives once all was said and done. Typical of political violence, it was a futile, […]
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Thomas Ashe trained as a teacher and worked as a school principal in Lusk, Co. Dublin. He was a poet, piper and talented singer and having being reared in the Gaeltacht in Kerry, was an avid supporter of the Irish language. This brought him to the governing body of the Gaelic League, he was also […]
2020 was a year of record population lows. Newly released Census Bureau population estimates show record lows in United States population growth, both in 2020 and for the entire 2010-to-2020 decade. California’s population shrank for the first time as far back as records go, with the Census Bureau estimates indicating that California’s population decreased by about 69,000 residents in […]
Who might the next Chancellor of Germany be, with this set to be Angela Merkel’s final year in office? As a political battle rages in Germany, Dominik Michalik walks us through the candidates: We are currently just a week away from CDU’s leadership elections which will begin on the 15th of January and will last […]
Freedom of expression, in a free society, is not unlimited but it should be allowed a very wide gate to run through. It is limited by other rights that belong to others – the right to a good name, to not be libelled as well as the right not to have violence incited against a […]
Happy New Year, everyone! It has been a thundery, sweltering start to 2021 down here in Auckland. We have been experiencing humid, hot days with intense downpours followed by clear skies and burning sunshine (the latter is normal down here unfortunately, thanks to the depleted ozone layer). Understandably then, the beaches have been very popular, […]