How Many Shipping Containers Does it Take to Make America Great?

By Jeremy Beck

A friend sent me this video from The Wall Street Journal with a note: “The scale is staggering … gives one a sense of what having a population of 330 million consumers implies.” The often-mesmerizing video does bring to mind questions about domestic production, trade policy, and personal consumption (is all of my stuff really … Continued

Colorado River Water Shortage Affects 40 Million People

By Admins

Immigration drives U.S. population growth, and this is true in western states, which are among some of the fastest growing areas in the United States. This growth is causing many strains on local resources and infrastructure, the most consequential being waters shortages that will become acute if current trends continue. For the first time, a … Continued

Colorado River Water Shortage Affects 40 Million People

By Admins

Immigration drives U.S. population growth, and this is true in western states, which are among some of the fastest growing areas in the United States. This growth is causing many strains on local resources and infrastructure, the most consequential being waters shortages that will become acute if current trends continue. For the first time, a … Continued

NYT Writers’ Dissonance on Immigration-Driven Population Growth

By Lisa Irving

Pundits advocating for increased immigration to the U.S. can find themselves at odds with their long-held policy commitments. Dissonance often arises when they sound the alarm about issues such as growing inequality or natural resource conservation while arguing for more U.S. immigration-driven population growth. In separate opinion pieces written this year, The New York Times … Continued

NYT Writers’ Dissonance on Immigration-Driven Population Growth

By Lisa Irving

Pundits advocating for increased immigration to the U.S. can find themselves at odds with their long-held policy commitments. Dissonance often arises when they sound the alarm about issues such as growing inequality or natural resource conservation while arguing for more U.S. immigration-driven population growth. In separate opinion pieces written this year, The New York Times … Continued

Growth Pummels North and South Carolina

By Leon Kolankiewicz

I have had the good fortune to experience the charms of both the Tar Heel State and the Palmetto State. For those Westerners who may never have ventured east of the Mississippi River, I’m referring to North Carolina and South Carolina. In the former, I have backpacked the Appalachian Trail from Newfound Gap in the … Continued

‘How Much Nature Should America Keep?’

By Jeremy Beck

Gary Wockner chimes in: A report titled, “How Much Nature Should America Keep?” in 2019 by the Center for American Progress indicates that: The United States loses a football field of natural land every 30 seconds, The continental United States lost 24 million acres of natural land to development between 2001 and 2017, At this … Continued

Vanishing Elbow Room and Breathing Space: Crowds Flee to Northern Rockies from Packed, “Pandemicked” Cities

By Leon Kolankiewicz

Sadly, in 2020 life is imitating art in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem of Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming. Art: In the Paramount Network’s hit contemporary Western series Yellowstone, set in western Montana’s rugged Rocky Mountains, Kevin Costner plays grizzled old cattle rancher and crusty patriarch John Dutton. For generations, Dutton and his forebears running the vast … Continued

The New York Times Weighs in on Disappearance of Immigration as an Election Issue

By Lisa Irving

Over this past week, writers at the New York Times have addressed immigration policies from a couple of angles as elections near. In his October 8 column The V.P. Debate,” David Leonhardt laments the missed opportunity for a real debate “The most disappointing aspect of Pence’s performance is that he has deep disagreements with Harris … Continued