White Flight: A Justified Departure or An Unwarranted Desertion?

Eventually, it became too much, and so I did what many have done before me- I fled. I packed my bags, told my roommates, and sold my home. I fled. I fled because they were ignorant. I fled because they were different. I fled because I could.

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Labor Pains: The Terrible Implications of Out of Control Birth Rates

The year 2050 seems far off. When I was reading the article below, I wasn’t thinking that these facts even applied to me. But with simple calculations and a catching of breath, I realized that it is just 41 years from now. That is what makes this article so disturbing: Population growth driving climate change, poverty: experts. How many people can the earth feed, provide medicine, and offer shelter? This is a question only scientists seem to want to answer. Clearly the Catholic Church doesn’t want to address the real conclusion that out of control birth rates are putting the world in danger and creating distraught poverty throughout the world, especially in Africa.

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