In Italy,

Click here: In Northern Italy, the Agony of Aging Not So Gracefully - New York Times

In Italy, once the Land of the Bouncing Bambino, the Birth Dearth is proceeding with fury.

Where it ends, no one knows.

The BD is weird and unprecedented.

Personal Note, Ignore if you must:

Yesterday, I was at Sibley Memorial Hospital shortly after a grand-daughter was born,

She is beautiful.

I cried.

Playwright George S (F?) Kaufman wrote a line for a character in the a play: "He cries at card tricks."

Most all of us have a sentimental streak.

Maybe even Hitler, Stalin, Mao --- mass murderers.

For me, Hitler was worst.

Ben