Posted inStatistics
Pajama’s Media: Global warming accelerating once again
Surf on over to Pajamas Media for today's update. "I'm from the U.N. and I'm here to help."
Posted inFun
Schedule, Taiwan, More Homogenization
Landed in Taipei last night, after a bumpy fourteen-hour flight. I think the angry Air I teased last week was taking its revenge. From now, I'll have nothing but nice…
Posted inStatistics
Pajamas Media Post: ‘The Copenhagen Diagnosis’ Fails Logic 101
Head on over to Pajamas Media for today's post. Thanks to David Steinberg for providing the title.
Posted inFun
What happens when Air gets angry
For no good reason I can tell, California doesn't operate on the same time schedule of New York City. It's as if they feel they don't have to play by…
Posted inStatistics
Full Disclosure, Anita Dunn, and Fox News: A Fairness Proposal for Journalists
In the United States, we have several major news outlets. On television: ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, MSNBC, CNN, and Fox. There are also several national-ish newspapers (and a diminishing number…
F train Blues, Michael Palin is proud, and some misuses of statistics
Just back from my trip. I'll go through the comments from last week's posts later today and catch up. Meanwhile, here are a few interesting stories. That F'ing train! You've…
Posted inStatistics
About Half Will Not Pay Federal Income Tax: Plus, A Solution To This Unfairness
What's to stop a large bloc of voters from joining forces to create laws so that they get a free ride, that they, in effect, make everybody else pay their…
What is the probability the Detroit Lions lose every game (again!)
I am from Detroit and I am a Lions fan; erstwhile, anyway. The Lions stink, stank, and have stunk since before I was born. They are lousy, appalling, and nausea-inducing.…