Who doesn't love to read about statistics and statisticians? That's a rhetorical question, my friends, so don't bother answering. But I will allude to an answer, by telling you that…

More on hurricanes today. Jim Elsner, with co-author Tom Jagger, both from Florida State University started off by warning against using naive statistical methods on count data, such as hurricanes.…

Some careful readers to this blog have pointed out the work of Australian geologist Bob Carter. If you have not yet seen his work, you should. So I want you…

A day ago my number two son and I sat over a bottle of wine and he suggested that if global warming caused temperatures to increase, then we would see…

In an interview with Stephen Wright at Cracked.com, the comedian tells a favorite joke: You never know what you have until it's gone, and I wanted to know what I…

For the next three days, I'll be reporting on the Heartland Conference on Climate Change. Day started late with a cash bar at the at the Marquis hotel. I live…

In the morning, there were enormous piles of bacon, which is, as all competent doctor's should recommend, the best way to start a day. Robert Balling of Arizona State gave…

Czech Republic President Vaclav Klaus started off the day with a rousing speech. I hadn't known he was an economist, but it was obvious quickly through his use of phrases…