I ALWAYS SAID POPULATION SHRINKAGE WOULD BE THE REAL PROBLEM: Going solo: the shrinking face of the family.

OVEREXPOSED: Hollywood has kissed goodbye to the steamy sex scene.

FASTER, PLEASE: Genetic screening for cancer ‘within five years’.

APPARENTLY WE’RE NOT DONE WITH POLLING: Gun polling shifts, still way off target.

INCONCEIVABLE: Red states rising.

WILDLIFE IS TASTY: Montana moves to make roadkill legal to eat: Is ‘freeganism’ a good idea?  Uh… who wanted to make it illegal in the first place?  (And if you’re ever at a science fiction con with my friend Dave Freer, do ask him about his road kill story.  One word.  Rhinoceros.)

I’M ON THE WILDLIFE BEAT TODAY: Well, actually the wildlife beats conservationists.  (Video.)

BUT NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY, THE MARKET IS GONNA GET YOU: The Invisible Bitch-Slap.

BUT THAT’S JUST CRAZY TALK: Walter Russel Mead: The more we hear about what was going on in the era of sexual liberation, the more the Catholic  scandals look like a symptom of the times rather than a special pathology of the Church. Go read the whole thing.

CURIOUS WHAT MAKES IT TO THE NEWS: Staring into the eyes of death: Man has a chilling face to face encounter with a mountain lion peering into his rustic home in the Rocky Mountains.  I used to live in this same small mountain town (much closer to the main road) and I can tell you this is not even unusual.  I once took younger boy to kindergarten an hour late because there was a baby bear on the front porch and I assumed mom was nearby.  I finally solved the problem by opening the window a crack and singing, which made the bear run away.  For years after, my son bragged to anyone who’d listen that “mom’s singing scares bears!”

FINDING OUT WHAT’S IN IT: The IT Nightmare of Obamacare.

IT’S GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN THIRTEEN WEEKS: I try to explain my novel-writing method.  Or in this case, other people’s conflicting novel writing methods.

WE MUST KEEP UP WITH THE CHINESE IN ORGAN HARVESTING, AFTER ALL: Redefining Sedation Into Killing.

TRACKING THE K-12 IMPLOSION: Major Victory for School Choice in Indiana.

WORLD’S FIRST: Bitcoin endowment fund.  Well, it is the 21st century!

THE (UN)AFFORDABLE CARE ACT: California’s $910 Million ObamaCare Exchange.

PERHAPS THE REST OF EUROPE HAS BECOME TOO WEAK: Was Thatcher Right? Is Germany too strong?

BECAUSE YOUNG CHILDREN NEVER DO THINGS THEY’RE TOLD ARE DANGEROUS: Young children should be given lessons about the dangers of pornography.  Does anyone remember when the boomers said “question authority?”  Now the very concept seems to evade them.

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS NOBODY IS ASKING: Kim Kardashian: Kanye West is not responsible for my fashion sense.

ALL THE CHARISMA OF AL GORE AND HILARY CLINTON’S EASE OF MANNER: Napolitano doesn’t rule out 2016 run for president.

HE’S A BETTER MAN THAN I: Stephen Green takes on Paul Krugman.

BUT IS IT LEGITIMATE THEFT: The Morals of Cyprus and the EU.

WHEN THE LEFT LOVES THE CIA: We’re left to hope this time they’re giving arms to people who don’t hate us.

WAIT, WHAT?  OH, I SEE: That’s what the government is supposed to do, help us get where we want to go. – In parallel world inhabited by NY Times, the Constitution is massively different from the one in the world the rest of us live in.

DON’T BE RIDICULOUS, THAT WOULD END GRAFT AND CORRUPTION: SOX for Uncle Sam.