A couple of days ago, I posted about this silly graph, which shows the wage gap between men and women: The dotted gray line on the graph at first seems to show that "Women's Wages as a Percentage of Men's Wages" are dropping, but that turns out to be because the dotted gray line is plotted against the right-hand scale, which is printed upside down, with the larger … [Read more...] about More About That Graphic Sin
The War On Drugs Get Even More Ridiculous
Ladies and Gentlemen, our nation's insane War On Drugs may have reached some sort of apotheosis with this story: Two Philadelphia police officers have been charged with criminal conspiracy, robbery, kidnapping, unlawful restraint, false imprisonment, theft, and other related charges, according to officials. Sean Alivera, 31, and Christopher Luciano, 23, allegedly robbed a … [Read more...] about The War On Drugs Get Even More Ridiculous
Pledge Allegiance or Go to Jail
I've always been a bit wary of extremely overt flag-waving patriots. Maybe it's just a reaction I have after watching the hoards of people forced to wave Soviet flags while at gunpoint, or the coerced crowds joining in the celebrations of Mao's Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution by furiously whipping little Chinese flags to and fro.Some of those people … [Read more...] about Pledge Allegiance or Go to Jail
Graphic Sin From the AFL-CIO
If you know anything about graphic presentation of data, especially if you've read Edward Tufte's Visual Display of Quantitative Information, you know that there are lots of ways to cheat to make the data appear to support your argument more than it really does. But James Parks at the AFL-CIO Now Blog has a post about the need to close the wage gap between men and … [Read more...] about Graphic Sin From the AFL-CIO
Thanks Jews!
I've got a house with a reasonable mortgage, a good car, and a marriage that's just celebrated its 20th anniversary. I have good computer equipment, a nice camera, and three friendly cats. I get to read books, watch television, play video games, and surf the web. My wife and I both make a decent living without killing ourselves or doing anything we find distasteful or … [Read more...] about Thanks Jews!