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Understanding Polls and Probabilities

Byhenry November 2, 2012

Jonathan Last defends Nate Silver, but it’s really just explaining what “probability” means. HT: Dispatches.

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Smart on Crime Agenda
Byhenry March 30, 2011
This looks very promising. I hope it gets more attention. (HT: Dispatches.)
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I’d Like to See an End to Christian Politics
Byhenry October 27, 2016
When I first set out to join a United Methodist congregation, I asked the pastor for definitive information on United Methodist beliefs. With much trepidation, he provided me with a United Methodist Discipline. I read the first hundred or so pages, not being too interested in the details of the church’s committee structures, including the…
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Whither the Budget Deficit
Byhenry September 23, 2008
Up, folks, always up. Those who know me as a moderate (which I prefer) or as a liberal (which I am often called) may be surprised to know that I started my political activism by working in the campaign of Ronald Reagan in 1976 when he ran against Gerald Ford. It was the first presidential…
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Linking the Birth of Our Nation with the Birth of Our Savior
Byhenry December 23, 2010
Chuck Baldwin maintains that the birth of our Savior and the birth of our nation are closely linked. I’m afraid I don’t get it, even allowing all his facts, some of which I would dispute. I just don’t see the parallel between the guns of the revolution and the Babe of Bethlehem emptying himself of…
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Fiscal Cliff Deal Results in Abuse of Language
Byhenry January 1, 2013
From CNN: “Two hours after their midnight deadline, the Senate overwhelmingly passed a last-minute deal Tuesday to avert the feared fiscal cliff on a 89-8 vote.” To put a charitable construction on it, they mean the deal was made at the last-minute and passed two hours after the deadline, but if you pass it after…
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The Problem with the Drug War
Byhenry December 2, 2006
This story about Afghanistan and the opium harvest, which has reached a record high this year reminded me of one of the problems with reporting the drug war. We tend to report on the huge amounts of drugs that are stopped. What we don’t comment on so much is how many drugs are getting through….
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