A few odds and ends on the domestic front: * The Economist reports that the gap between the Hispanic and African-American out-of-wedlock birth rate in the U. S. is narrowing considerably. In the past 10 years the birth rate among unmarried Latinas has risen from 89 to 100 per 1,000. It is now much higher than the rate […]
Archives for April 2008
Letter from China
Anyone who is reasonably perceptive on the broad sweep of public affairs would be hard pressed to challenge the case that the massive economic, political, and societal transformation of China and, in particular, the future of its relationship with the United States, is the leading geopolitical issue of the 21st century. The only other issue […]