PRI Review News Roundup Population Research Institute

philosopher Eric Voegelin has identified the powerful temptation to deny reality, an ideological tendency that has grown more prevalent in the past century. That denial was introduced by Karl Marx, who demanded that man not waste time understanding reality; “the point is,” he said, “is to change it” – more bluntly, to destroy it, in order to construct from the ruins a future world occupied by “Truly Socialist Man.”

But on his last  Sunday in office, President Trump’s administration continued to prioritize LIFE by declaring January 22, “National Sanctity of Human Life Day.”

CNN has just breathlessly announced that it has uncovered a “vast trove of leaked documents show[ing] China underreported COVID-19 numbers” and deliberately covered up the seriousness of the epidemic.



The only trouble with CNN’s blockbuster is that it is almost a year old.

Is demography destiny? Eric Sammons has done a lot of digging into the numbers, and he finds that the situation of the Catholic Church “is far worse than even the most pessimistic projections.”

Archbishop Viganò and Coach Lou Holtz Defend President Trump for his trip to St. John Paul II National Shrine after recent criticism from Archbishop of D.C.

Michael Moore’s new documentary reveals green energy isn’t sustainable and depends on oil, coal, and nuclear power just to get off the ground.