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Going In Style—To The Movies
This post originally appeared 17 January of this year, but is reposted now because the remake was released yesterday. We'd be interested in hearing from any who see it. I…
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Clean Razors For Women Who Cut Themselves? What Happened to First Do No Harm?
Physicians long ago abandoned the Hippocratic Oath, for at least the reason that its call for physicians not to cause harm went against the modern acceptance, and even boasting, of…
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Real Versus Statistical Control
The ideal experiment is one in which control is exerted over all aspects of an environment. We desire to measure an outcome; for ease suppose this is a simple number.…
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What Is Communism? Part II– Guest Post by Ianto Watt
Read Part I. So much for Communism. What about Bolshevism? Now I won't belabor the point, as I know a number of you are weak (as you refuse the Port…
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Finally Revealed: How Russia Rigged The Election
Finally Revealed: How Russia Rigged The Election: Shocking new details emerge. Early on the morning of 6 July 2016, in the heat of the election battle between the Hillary Clinton…
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Holy Matrimony!
Today is the wedding feast of my Number Two Son and his Beautiful Bride. Yeehaw! (This cheer originates from Texas.) Drinks are on me!
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Don’t Be Uncertain: Buy Uncertainty!
The Restoration has begun! Participate by buying Uncertainty: The Soul of Modeling, Probability & Statistics. Money spent wisely I do not say revolution, but Restoration. It is past time to…
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A Criticism of Social Media — Guest Post by Jim Fedako
Twitter Twitter has significance only due to its secondary market. Though I follow only 46 tweeters via my Twitter account, I cannot keep up with even that small subset of…