Population Matters

Welcome Back Family Planning—12-2009
© Richard Grossman MD, 2009
The International Conference on Population and Development helped propel me toward being a more dynamic population activist. Bryan (our younger son) and I attended the conference in 1994 with press credentials from The Durango Herald.
You may remember that the ICPD in Cairo, Egypt, strongly supported reproductive health. Unfortunately [...]

Picture Prehistoric Life in the Desert
© Richard Grossman MD, 2010
If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water.
Loren Eiseley
Living in the desert is challenging. We spent the week after Christmas in Baja California camping on the beach. Fortunately, our tents were comfortable and meals were cooked for us. Pedro, a Baja native, [...]

Be Thankful 1-2010
© Richard Grossman MD, 2010
“Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
I was riding in a taxi in New York City. The radio was tuned to music on a Spanish language radio station.
“Your accent doesn’t seem to be Spanish,” I remarked. “Are you Hispanic?”
“No, I’m from Haiti. But I like [...]

Copenhagen 2–11-2009
© Richard Grossman MD, 2009
“I refuse to believe that it is too late, and that we cannot do anything about [global climate change]. Copenhagen is our date with destiny.”
Mohamed Nasheed, President of Maldives
Good news! We in the United States can decrease carbon emissions! In just two years we have cut our greenhouse gas (GHG) [...]