Demographics: University of Memphis enrollment decline
The fertility rate collapse is starting to show up in college admissions, as expected.
Climate: To save the climate, we must vandalize paintings of national leaders
To protect the climate, or whatever the cause is, we must vandalize and damage official portraits of national leaders. It's Just Science. Duh.
How many Americans live in another country?
Estimates range from 1-3% of Americans live abroad at a point in time; probably its around 1.5%. Less than 1% of retirees retire abroad.
Demographics, Economy: Impact of falling U.S. birth rates
America’s shrinking population: Economic impact of falling U.S. birth rate (cnbc.com)
Public health: Total global Covid deaths, through May 2024
Some people think Covid is still raging throughout the world, then there is this from WHO through May 26, 2024:
Security: Denver PD to respond to 911 calls via drones
Call 9-1-1 – get a drone overhead: DRONES to be introduced into Denver police to help respond to 911 calls after city defunded the force by millions | Daily Mail…
Economy: Are American retirement prospects really worse than ever?
In spite of media doomerism, American's prospects for retirement have held pretty steady for a long time.
Demographics: Why did the native American population double over ten years?
According to the 2020 Census, Americans who identify as having Indigenous or Native American heritage increased from 5.2 million in 2010 to 9.6 million in 2020. Yet, despite this 85…
Demographics: No one rides a bike to school anymore
As kids, we rode our bikes to school – and everywhere else. I continued to ride to college and my work, all the way up to about age 30 (then…