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“By 2039, the US is set to have 650,000 fewer 18 year olds than it does today. For universities, that demographic cliff poses an existential challenge. Fewer teenagers means fewer college applicants. Fewer applicants means fewer enrolled students. And fewer students means that some universities may not make enough money to keep their doors open.

Katty Kay talks with Nathan Grawe, a Professor of Economics at Carleton College, about how difficult it will be for colleges to ride out this demographic drop — and what they will need to do to survive it.”

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No One’s Ready To Be A Mom | “The New York Times says you should wait until you’re ready to have kids. That’s not how motherhood works.” @MariaBaerWrites https://t.co/IaLKSuD4K2 @realDailyWire

— Brad Wilcox (@BradWilcoxIFS) February 28, 2026

“Childless women may really believe that not having children during their healthiest childbearing years is the path toward their deepest happiness. But they don’t know it, and they’re almost certainly wrong.”

After all, the “happiest women in America are married moms.” https://t.co/1Pe84tt5xC pic.twitter.com/qE4aNBDhSp

— Brad Wilcox (@BradWilcoxIFS) February 28, 2026

My father was 65 when I was born. Today he would be 112.

Here’s what having an “old” father actually gave me.

A man who had already lived.

Oxford Rhodes Scholar. Captain of his several sports teams. Squadron Leader in the RAF at 26. An OB/GYN who built a 60-bed hospital in… pic.twitter.com/M6tSNbOkZ0

— Dr. Taylor Burrowes (@taylorburrowes) February 28, 2026