Tuesday, January 6, 2026

№ 798. 2o2@

 


Sunday, November 30, 2025

№ 793. The Age of Depopulation: Surviving a World Gone Gray

November/December 2024 Published on October 10, 2024

 

"As a rule of thumb, a total fertility rate of 2.1 births per woman approximates the replacement threshold in affluent countries with high life expectancy—but the replacement level is somewhat higher in countries with lower life expectancy or marked imbalances in the ratio of baby boys to baby girls."

 

Population Institute of Canada

Friday, November 28, 2025

№ 792. Ann Dunham

She was just 17 when classmates called her “the original feminist,” long before the world had a name for what she already was.


Ann Dunham


In 1950s America, when girls were expected to be quiet, obedient, and agreeable, Stanley Ann Dunham — who insisted everyone call her “Ann” — spent her teenage years reading existentialist philosophy, questioning every social rule around her, and challenging the conservative community she grew up in. While other girls practiced how to be polite, she practiced how to think.

Saturday, November 22, 2025