Letters to the Editor, March 2026
Published: March 9, 2026
As a 30+ year member of Population Connection, a physician, a lifelong advocate of sustainable human population and planetary stewardship, and a co-executive producer of the off-Broadway indie comedy musical and streaming film, Dictator for a Day: A MAGA Musical for the Masses, I applaud the “I Want a Baby Boom” infographic and the article “There Are Many Threats to Humanity. A Low Birth Rate Isn’t One of Them,” in the September 2025 issue. This is one of several missives Population Connection has recently launched against the medieval Project 2025 agenda of the Trump administration, now in its improbable second coming.
To that end, I appreciate the purpose and effectiveness of Population Connection’s sense of irony and humor in tackling MAGA’s delusional, right-wing assault on Planet Earth and its inhabitants. I urge the organization’s leadership and members to watch the side-splitting satirical monologue “Trump Sperm Bank” — delivered by the world’s best Trump impersonator, J-L Cauvin — and the hilarious song “Let’s Have a Couple Trump Babies” in Dictator for a Day, plus many other outrageously funny, ad hominem satirical monologues and songs whose subject happens to be the chosen leader of the Free World. Laughter is the new resistance!™
Jim Craner, MD, MPH
This is in response to the letter by George Redden in the December 2025 edition of Population Connection. Like so much else, for good or bad, religion (or lack thereof) is not hard-wired from birth — it is learned, acquired, taught, accepted, adapted, and/or rejected on an individual basis. Religious “leaders” could and should do their part in not dictating to the flock, but instead work to change what is being taught and told to their parishioners and their community at large. Population management is everyone’s problem, and we are, and can and should be, instead, a meaningful part of its solution.
David Daugman
You have such a neat organization, helping to make a better world. I really enjoy your quarterly magazine. So many people to reach. It is all in the education. I’m thrilled to know what a forward-thinking institution you are.
Helen Kettle