Politics

Demonstrating Statistical Deception

Byhenry August 10, 2012

Wesley Elsberry nails it in this post. He also mentions the great book How to Lie with Statistics, which everyone should read.

Reading for Election Year

Byhenry February 2, 2016

The day after the Iowa caucuses I’m left to wonder how I could have gotten so uninterested in politics. I have been fascinated by government as long as I can remember, and when I turned 18 and could vote I not only registered immediately, I also started working as a precinct worker for a presidential…

Christianity | Politics | Prayer

Praying to be Seen

Byhenry May 23, 2006

A few years ago a number of my students in an introductory Bible study class arrived very excited. There was a town coucil here in Florida (I forget precisely where), that had invited a Wiccan–a witch!–to offer a prayer opening a public ceremony. My students were discussing what they would have done about this obviously…

2008 U. S. Presidential Election | Politics | War

Now Just How Do You Do That?

Byhenry May 15, 2008

By January 2013, at the end of my first term as president, America has welcomed home most of the servicemen and women who have sacrificed terribly so that America might be secure in her freedom. The Iraq War has been won and Iraq is a functioning democracy. The threat from a resurgent Taliban in Afghanistan…

Debate | Media | Politics

On Being Moderately Sheeplish

Byhenry December 27, 2007

Joe Carter has had a salubrious encounter with the human mind, such as it is, and has discovered that conservatives are sheeple too. “I have to confess that I’d always associated sheeplishness with the Left,” he starts out, but then notes how, in his new role with the Huckabee campaign, he has found sheeplishness amongst…

Politics

Something Weird

Byhenry December 13, 2006

Jim Rutz of WorldNetDaily has an article here that is so far over the top that it’s classically funny. If Jim Rutz is right I should probably be gay, considering I’m a fourth generation vegetarian and was raised on a diet including a much higher portion of soy bean products than that of the average…

2008 U. S. Presidential Election | Politics

Of Rules and Fairness

Byhenry February 20, 2008

When I was in my early teens I remember playing a game (I can’t remember what) with a younger cousin. I was old enough that my idea of fairness was that you followed the rules and that was fair. It didn’t matter how many wins each person had. My younger cousin, after losing a few…