John Leo has a piece on the coming generation, the millennials. While I have no facts to back it up, I've been wondering if we aren't in the midst of a new baby boom. Are we? It seems that half the families I know are having kids, but that maybe just a factor of paying more attention now that I have children of my own. Regardless, read this, it'll make you smile a bit.

Yankelovich and other researchers have been picking up a renewed emphasis on family for years. The yearning for a good marriage is a dominant value among millennials, Clurman says, and 30 percent of those surveyed say they want three or more children. Indeed, one research company, Packaged Facts and Silver Stork, recently predicted a 17 percent increase in the U.S. birthrate over the next 10 years.

Industrialized nations are supposed to be suffering declining, aging populations. If true, this means we are actually becoming more vital, with a strong new generation coming. One without some of the faults we have.

That's worth a smile, isn't it?