Author - The Durango Herald

Respect for ‘Population Bomb’

A friend sent me a copy of Paul Ehrlich’s classic, “The Population Bomb.” I had never read it, although it helped to launch concern about human population in the USA. It was diffe...

DATE: May 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Population Matters

This is modern natural family planning

In 1965, I visited a medical meeting where an Australian couple, both physicians, advocated a new natural family planning method. The Doctors Billings claimed their method was ver...

DATE: Apr 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Population Matters

Rwanda has come quite far with planning

A friend told me about the International Conference on Family Planning to be held in Rwanda, and asked if I planned to go. I responded: “I am ambivalent about Rwanda; the country ...

DATE: Mar 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Population Matters

Fight over-population denial

I first met people who denied the population problem in 1994 at the International Conference on Population and Development. They supported their claim that there was no population...

DATE: Feb 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Population Matters

Use more renewable electricity

While our government in Washington is struggling to deny climate change, we can take action locally. Our electric co-op, La Plata Electric Association, offers easy ways to do this...

DATE: Jan 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Population Matters

Can panel control population?

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has done wonders by motivating individuals and nations to take action to slow climate change. What could happen if the United ...

DATE: Dec 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Population Matters

Good things in family planning

At the risk of seeming overly optimistic, I would like to make a list of good things that are happening in the world of family planning and demography. Here goes: My perception is...

DATE: Nov 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Population Matters

Acknowledge this one symptom of overpopulation

“Humans are at the center of global climate change: …social change is key to effectively respond to climate change” — IPPC Special ReportDo you remember the politicians in North Carolina...

DATE: Oct 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Population Matters

Low sperm: A concern?

A solution has been found for overpopulation! Unfortunately, this is not a reason for celebration. This essay is another in my all-too-long series of bad ways to control populatio...

DATE: Sep 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Population Matters

Grossman: Fortunately, the heyday of eugenics is history

Although Francis Galton started the modern eugenics movement in England in the 19th century, eugenics reached its peak in Germany during the Nazi era. Although sometimes well-meaning, eugeni...

DATE: Jul 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Population Matters

Grossman:

You might have thought that I am against people having children and therefore be surprised that I am writing about having children. I am definitely in favor of people having babies; my goal ...

DATE: Jul 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Population Matters

Grossman: Recognize family planning as a basic human right

Family planning was declared to be a basic human right 50 years ago this month. The right to family planning was included in the International Conference on Human Rights held in Tehran in Ma...

DATE: May 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Population Matters