Jewish Birthrate Up, Arab Rate Down in Jerusalem
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The Jewish birthrate in Jerusalem is higher than the Arab birthrate, putting an end to reports of an Arab demographic threat in the united capital. The birthrate in the expected life of mothers is 4.2 children for Jewish mothers compared with 3.9 children for Arab mothers, according to the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies (JIIS). Reflecting the trend in the rest of Israel, the birthrate for Jews represents a dramatic reversal and is on the increase while the Arab birthrate is declining. In 1999, the birthrate was only 3.8 for Jewish mothers and 4.4 for Arabs, the JIIS reported. Jews...
Published on Monday 21st of May 2012 12:02:54 AM
Has the bell begun to toll for the GOP?
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Among the more controversial chapters in "Suicide of a Superpower," my book published last fall, was the one titled, "The End of White America." It dealt with the demographic decline of the white majority and what it portends for education, the U.S. economy, politics and national unity. That book and chapter proved the proximate cause of my departure from MSNBC, where the network president declared that subjects such as these are inappropriate for "the national dialogue." Apparently, the mainstream media are reassessing that. For, in rare unanimity, The New York Times, The Washington Post and USA Today all led...
Published on Monday 21st of May 2012 12:02:54 AM
GOP needs Marco Rubio to ward off extinction
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The Republican Party faces a threat to its existence. It’s not an ideological threat, but a demographic and mathematical one. Unless the GOP acts to change the math by broadening its appeal to minorities, it will cease being a major force in American politics. If you have any doubt about this, look at the numbers: In 1960, white Americans made up 94 percent of the electorate. By 2010, the figure had dropped to 75 percent. Among African-Americans, more than 90 percent vote Democratic, and in the 2008 presidential race, 96 percent chose President Obama. For Asian-Americans, a clear majority consistently...
Published on Monday 21st of May 2012 12:02:54 AM
Atheism & Belief in God: Countries Get Ranked
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The new study is based on data collected as part of the General Social Survey by researchers at the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago. The researchers looked at data from 30 countries where surveys, taken at two or more time points between 1991 and 2008, asked residents about their belief in God. Participants answered three main "belief" questions, including their level of belief (from strong to atheistic), their changing beliefs over their lifetime and their attitude toward the notion that God is concerned with their personal lives.
Published on Monday 21st of May 2012 12:02:54 AM
Incredible Shrinking Country (Japan faces swift demographic collapse)
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“THE Children of Men,” P. D. James’s 1992 novel, is set in a future where the world’s male population has become infertile, and an aging Britain is adapting to the human race’s gradual extinction. Women push dolls in baby carriages. Families baptize kittens. There are state-run “national porn shops” to stimulate the flagging male libido. Suicide flourishes. Immigrants are welcomed as guest laborers but expelled once they become too old to work. The last children born on earth — the so-called “Omegas” — have grown up to be bored, arrogant, antisocial and destructive. James’s book, like most effective dystopias, worked...
Published on Monday 21st of May 2012 12:02:54 AM
Are the Dems voting for Santorum to diminish Romney?
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How do you feel about the way Scott Walker is handling his job as governor? Total Romney Santorum Approve 79% 50% 37% Disapprove 21% 19% 36%
Published on Monday 21st of May 2012 12:02:54 AM
With lots of rural and blue-collar voters, Wisconsin may be Santorum's last best shot to hurt Romney
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With victories now in three key Great Lakes primaries – Illinois, Ohio and Michigan – Mitt Romney can make it four straight in Wisconsin April 3 and deal another big blow to Rick Santorum’s presidential prospects. But Romney could find Wisconsin a tougher challenge than he faced in Illinois Tuesday, thanks to differences in the political makeup of these two neighboring states. Romney was boosted in Illinois by big margins among upper-income, college-educated and suburban voters -- groups he has won across the industrial Midwest. But those voters have a smaller political footprint in Wisconsin than they do in Illinois....
Published on Monday 21st of May 2012 12:02:54 AM
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