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Did Biden Just Abandon Israel?
This week, Walter and Jeremy discuss Biden’s threat to withhold offensive weapons from Israel, why the president’s huge spending bills haven’t been spent yet, the faltering criminal cases against Donald Trump, the global fertility crisis, and how to get the most out of election coverage
May 10, 2024
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1.62
→ That was the total fertility rate (TFR) in the United States in 2023, according to provisional government figures—the lowest ever recorded. Replacement-level fertility, the TFR required for a country to replace its current population, is 2.2. Estimates from the demographer Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, quoted in a Monday story in The Wall Street Journal, meanwhile, put the global TFR at 2.15, making it the first time in recorded history that global fertility has been below replacement. According to an estimate from the University of Washington cited in the piece, that means that the global population will likely peak at about 9.5 billion in 2061—down from previous projections of 11.2 billion in 2100—and begin declining thereafter.
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DEI on Campus
The Writing Is on the Wall for Jewish Students
We must challenge professors and students who tacitly endorse antisemitic violence in the guise of ‘resistance’
BY THOMAS ULLMAN
The DEI Complex Will Never Protect Jews
The problem isn’t that the system—of affinity groups, diversity officers, microaggression policing, and more—hasn’t included Jews until now. It’s that the system itself is dangerous.
BY ARMIN ROSEN
It’s not about diversity, equity, or inclusion. It is about arrogating power to a movement that threatens not just Jews—but America itself.
BY BARI WEISS
Michael Lind
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Michael Lind chronicles civilizational shifts and national trends, writing about American politics and culture with a deep understanding of history and appreciation for America's highest ideals.
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