Tag: Demographics

Our Shrinking Reality

I live in a small town in New Jersey where things have not been going so well for our parish or the surrounding diocese. We have struggled to maintain two priests at our parish. Our pastor, now approaching 75 years of age, has appealed numerous...

Envisioning America in 2050

Forecasting the future is an inexact enterprise at best. Yet examining current conditions and trends is a helpful way of identifying what dangers need to be addressed. Earlier this year British conservative Paul Weston offered some thoughts that...

America at a Crossroads

The U.S. population reached 320.09 million people on January 1, 2015. Going forward, the United States is expected to experience one birth every 8 seconds and one death every 12 seconds. Meanwhile, net international migration is expected to add one...