Archive | February 22, 2008

Quotabull

by on February 22, 2008 in American Culture, Business & Finance, Economy, Freedom & Privacy, Health, Internet, Telecom & Social Media, Journalism, Media & Entertainment, Politics, Law & Government, Race & Gender, World

I believe my current participation could be a distraction. — major league baseball pitcher and accused steroids and HGH cheat Roger Clemens, in withdrawing from a scheduled appearance at an “event, which takes place largely at Disney Hollywood Studios, and lets fans interact with athletes and ESPN personalities and watch live ESPN programming”; Feb. 20. […]

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2005 Colorado public education survey not statistically valid

by on February 22, 2008 in Education, Politics, Law & Government, Science & Technology

Fundamentally, there is a right way to gather statistical data, and there’s a wrong way. A few months ago, a survey that purported to question the consensus surrounding anthropogenic global heating illustrated, in egregious fashion, the wrong way. The “survey” asked poorly phrased and biased questions designed to be spinnable to DemandDebate.com’s propaganda goals. The […]

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CU postscript: Benson must be resisted and the Regents must be removed

by on February 22, 2008 in Education, Politics, Law & Government

The University of Colorado Regents have issued a statement apparently aimed at people who, like me, have deep reservations about their appointment of a highly partisan global warming denying oil executive who’s less educated than 99% of the college presidents in America and who has a track record of attacking the very foundations of tenure […]

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