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A Statistician’s Lament
Regular readers (those wanting to catch up, click here) will know that the world is far too sure of itself, especially in areas which touch on human behavior, and most…
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Changing Attitudes On Suicide And Euthanasia
We had such fun with abortion attitudes, today this: From the General Social Survey, a picture of the support for suicide and euthanasia by reason from 1977 until 20061. GSS…
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The HHS Mandate & Hobby Lobby: Updated
I'm a little late with this; pressures of work. Nevertheless, it's Hobby Lobby appreciation day. Open letter from CEO. One day the department of Health and Human Services sat in…
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The Curious Case Of Professor Richard Parncutt; Or, Death To Deniers And The Pope!
Austrian professor Richard Parncutt1 has called for folks like me to hunted down and, for his pleasure, shoved into gas chambers. I jest not. He really did say that "influential"…
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The Dismal Removing Freedoms Saves Money Argument
Here is an example of an argument which you will hear with increasing frequency. A month or so ago on the Fox News Special Report panel the participants were discussing…
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Government Finds Clever New Way To Spend Your Money: NIH’s RePAIR
Heard of the Office of Research Integrity? It's one branch of the hydra-headed Department of Health and Human Services. HHS is the infamous agency that under Obamacare would mandate Muslim…
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What Marco Rubio Should Have Said: Advice To Conservatives
https://twitter.com/mattstat/status/270887160058626048 You've already heard the story. A GQ---GQ still exists?---reporter sandbagged Marco Rubio. Immediately the honorable gentleman from Florida thought his interview over, the journalist, Columbo-like, turned and asked, "Just…
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Women Do Not Have A Right To Do Whatever They Want With Their Bodies
Over the weekend Yours Truly tweeted this: https://twitter.com/mattstat/status/262583368246497280 Within five minutes of posting, I lost seven Twitter followers, people presumably displeased with the entry. Since this is me, I first…