I’ve crafted this little vignette to illustrate the situation with the current US presidential election: As a result of COVID-20 (God forbid), the Big Ten 2021 football season is only one playoff game. In this case, it’s Ohio State vs
Category: Politics
What Happens with Presidency in December?
A solid analysis on the potential outcomes, from Points and Figures: Here is what my decision tree with speculative outcomes looks like: Trump doesn’t get his day in court and the media working hand in hand with the Democratic Party
Practical Application of Statistics & Data Analytics
The press is bubbling with excitement about machine learning, statistics, and data analytics. However, for the rank and file, the applications of these techniques are not intuitive. Here are some interesting applications for recent emotional public events in the election
Yard Sign Polling to Determine Presidential Winner?
Update Well, here we are again. Another major election year and we have the informal polling of observing political signs posted in yards. Obviously, since my observations are based on my drives in northwest Montgomery country and southwest Miami county
Links Between Liberalism and Capitalism
I originally watched the landmark Milton Friedman series, “Free to Choose“, years ago when my sons were just becoming exposed to macroeconomics. On the recent 40th anniversary of the show, the original producer had some interesting comments about how Friedman’s
Ignoring the Smoking Gun
It’s pretty obvious that mainstream media (CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, NY Times, etc.) is doing everything possible to hide the obvious facts about the Biden family from the public: What they didn’t report on is the obvious thing the emails
Politicians and Wealth
I’m sure that many of us wonder how politicians become so wealthy when “sacrificing” to become stewards of the country… To be reasonable, a salary of $174,000 a year as a US congressman is nothing to sneeze at. However, it’s
The Politics of Woke Corporations
It is interesting how many US corporations are blindly embracing Black Lies Matter and Antifactual, while at the same time ignoring very real violations of human rights in other parts of the world. A deeper dive into the underlying motivations
Replacements for the Drudge Report
I was an avid user of the Drudge Report for 15 years, and often considered it a decent source for alternative news about politics, business, and global happenings. With the advent of newsreaders such as Feedly, as well as the
Positions Worthy of the Chutzpah Awards
How about these article titles and content for the irony/hypocrisy awards, or as we hillbilly Jews in the Midwest say, taking positions of real chutzpah: Michigan Governor Opposed Trump’s Wall, But Builds One Around Her Residence – I am the