Imagine that, the environmentalist/zero population crowd is wrong again. An op/ed article in the New York Times (of all places) now says that the real danger is from a decrease in the world population growth rates. "The Population Bomb" seems to have been a dud. This article was brought to my attention by Glenn Reynolds at instapundit.com who was linking a comment posted by Ronald Bailey. This post refers to the book "The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World" written by a now enlightened, former Greenpeace member, Bjorn Lomborg, which looks like it could be worth a read.
This brings to mind a scripture in the Doctrine and Covenants, section 104, verse 17, "For the earth is full, and there is enough and to spare.." I guess that there will be "enough and to spare" for the descendants of those of us who still put stock in God's command to multiply and replenish the earth.

I thought this cartoon was humorous.

An American human shield was killed while trying to block an Israeli bulldozer from destroying a Palestinian murderer's house. While it is tragic that this woman died, it can't be said that she didn't bring it upon herself. I think the last line of the article really points to the cause of the woman's death. A spokesman for the group to which this woman belonged said, "We didn't think they would kill us." I think the truth of the matter is that they just didn't think at all. As little children we are taught not to play in the street because large, heavy, moving objects can kill us. Did these protesters somehow think that they were immune to this physical phenomenon? Should be a warning to the human shields in Iraq. Large, heavy, moving, exlosive objects are even more deadly than the non-explosive types.


Update: Here is a link to some pictures and articles about the girl. I hate to sound uncaring, but I don't hold a lot of sympathy for anyone willing to burn an American flag, even a homemade one.