Commentary
Paul Ehrlich, famed biologist, died last month at age 93. Ehrlich rose to fame in the 1960s as the author of a book that resonated powerfully with the public, “The Population Bomb,” and became a recurring guest on late-night talk shows and a frequent subject of discussion in all the major newspapers. The even more famous Johnny Carson, interviewing him in 1980—more than a decade after the book’s publication, a sign of its lasting impact—said he generated “more mail than any guest we ever had on the show.”
