For nearly sixty years, environmentalists have shrieked warnings about overpopulation and Peak Everything. What will happen if population falls significantly, however? Marian Tupy warns of an economic and political collapse in a new book, Superabundance: The Story of Population Growth, Innovation, and Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet. Human innovation holds much greater potential than projected resource limitations and alleged scarcity.

Plus, I review the top stories of the day. What does the new poll from the Washington Post and ABC tell us about the midterms -- and about other polls? In Russia, their war effort has grown so desperate that Putin and his cronies are trying to sell martyrdom. Finally, don't believe everything you read in the media about Georgia Meloni's victory in the Italian elections.