Topic: Paul Ehrlich

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A modest proposal for the tea party: Endorse the 'head tax'

If every American pays exactly the same amount, $8,666 – known as the 'head tax,' as it is charged per head – the budget will balance and there will be no marginal tax rate. Sound good, tea partyers?
The rise, fall, and rise of disaster

The threat of disaster keeps retreating, but that doesn't mean it's gone.
Top Picks: 'Food, Inc.,' 'SpongeBob's Last Stand,' 'Burma VJ: Reporting From a Closed Country,' and other recommendations

'Food, Inc.' on PBS, 'SpongeBob's Last Stand' to save Bikini Bottom, 'Burma VJ' harrowing documentary on HBO, and more top picks.
Movie review: 'Earth Days'

Far from doom and gloom, this documentary takes an engaging look at the history of the American environmental movement.
Earth’s big problem: Too many people.

But how can we ease population without taking draconian steps? By developing in ways that we should be anyway, experts say.
'Birth dearth' worries pale in comparison to overpopulation

Water and food shortages present larger challenges than economic woes linked to a declining population, says author.
Family planning gone awry

The drive to control human population can lead to abuses, warns a historian.
Family planning gone awry

The drive to control human population can lead to abuses, warns a historian.