Carolyn Moynihan

Nearly 15 years ago now, a friend asked me if I was interested in editing a blog about demography. What intrigued me about the brief given to me by Mercator’s editor was that he wanted to focus on a story that he thought was not getting enough attention. https://t.co/pK82DtcfFd

Almost exactly five years ago, I began writing for Mercator. Western civilisation has undergone breathtaking changes in that time... @k_mahlburg https://t.co/REOmZbXSmL

Our cultural landscape is looking more and more like a post-literate desert. We are losing the intrinsic meaning of words... https://t.co/yYf77nPo7e

We are always being told these days that transsexuals are amongst the most marginalised – curious, then, that many of the people endlessly telling us so were themselves amongst the most powerful, well-connected, influential and richest people on Earth. https://t.co/GXuqCCWmvL

A Chinese government official trying to somehow mandate a 3-child policy would contend that because marriage and children are essential for China’s future, family formation is not a private matter but rather a public concern warranting state intervention. https://t.co/ixHhJvxAWn

Not long ago, a Google engineer created a stir in the world of artificial intelligence by claiming that its flagship chatbot was sentient. The fact is that many people are quite anxious about the growing power of AI. https://t.co/rveQVLQRSO

Extreme humanitarian crises in the world are affecting over 65 million people, yet most readers remain unaware. These crises have largely fallen off the front page, replaced by more commercially appealing narratives. https://t.co/4CaynFgvdX

President Dwight Eisenhower was competent and boring. He kept a steady hand on the tiller and voters loved him. In his own mind, Ike knew that the secret was not America’s wealth or resources. It was its people. https://t.co/SD001EKT0I

What would Jane Austen herself like twenty-somethings to take from her intimate portraits of "three or four families in a Country Village”? I think she would draw our attention to three things: marriage, parenthood, and character. https://t.co/Wnn0aVv5BP

To be sure, younger Americans generally hold more progressive social views than their forebears. But Gen Z is shaping up as a fulcrum generation that could rewrite the future of the country. https://t.co/pT8QNThuNw

Increasingly, it looks as if thinktanks are becoming conduits for agendas promoted by powerful interests, recommending policies that increase state control and benefit corporations. https://t.co/uz8OSrhxhC

Even if we do not need distributism, we do need a distributist approach to the secular problems of the day — whether that be income inequality, Artificial Intelligence, environmental degradation or anything else. https://t.co/xLtE18xhUQ

One can think of the problem as an iceberg with the tip showing and a whole lot more we don't know much about underneath. The tip of the iceberg are the cases of smartphone-enabled bullying that lead to suicides, and other smartphone-enabled deaths... https://t.co/ArStnKrUY5

The mano-a-mano between the President of the United Stated and the President of Ukraine was more like the pre-match theatrics of WrestleMania than a diplomatic ceremony. https://t.co/G2zjM5qBSt

My wife and I endured the many challenges of raising a child with autism, but we found that looking after an adult is even more difficult. I’d like to share some of our experiences. https://t.co/QGUwdKag5H

The Quebec government gave police tools during COVID to enter homes & issue fines if house guests were suspected to be present. Are police going to knock on the doors of homeowners to fine or arrest those who refuse or who are late to install a heat pump? https://t.co/Kq7dABSubO

Social media have become much more important, relative to traditional news media — print, radio, and TV. And we are only beginning to grasp the profound implications of that. https://t.co/rqf7rtE3YJ