Buck That Trend

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We know that, in modern American society, the average intelligence of the population is declining gradually over time, probably at least partly because

1. contraceptives make it easy for people to choose whether to have children (and how many)
   and

Case Closed

As someone who has more than once wondered what is true and whether (and with how much certainty) it is even possible to know, I was interested to learn that three factual claims I had heard Mark Steyn and other commentators make in the past have now been confirmed by longtime liberal bastion The New York Times and more-or-less liberal “newsmagazine” Time:

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