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| 1. Original AP Article Reporting U.S. Infant Mortality Rates Rank Near The Bottom Of Industrialized Nations |
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| 2. Whoops!! Turns out "Infant
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IN UNSCRUPULOUS MEDICAL-MALPRACTICE LAWYERS!!
Never mind; guess not. A look at the actual statistics.
No..... It's not FOX !
The best (and worst) states in which to take a job. Click
to read the full report, and
to read an interview
with the author.
The numbers on parole (post-prison supervision) and recidivism. The criminal justice system is wasting your tax money.
People have to stop believing the politicians and millionaire sports-team owners' claims that spending millions of taxpayer dollars on baseball stadiums will lead to economic growth for the community. It never does. (And it never did.)
The personal and religious values of the newest generations of Americans. Click
for the full report from
the Brookings Institition.
The earlier figures measuring poverty needed to be refigured.
Silence about sex only nurtures more pregnancies, abortions, venereal diseases, and AIDS deaths.
COMPLAINTS EXPLODED TO MORE THAN 240,000 THIS YEAR
FROM 14,000 IN 2002
But that's not the real surprise....
The media loves to pimp lurid teenage "hookup" tales.... The actual story is very different.
(NO, NOT THE "UNDER GOD" ONE)
Parents and teens pretend they have solved the problem.
Forty percent of answers from Medicare information center are inaccurate.
WHEN I'M 64
Surprising information about the graying of the world's population.
How to make your embarrassments disappear!
The government reports that terrorist prosecutions are up, up, up, and terrorist convictions are up, up, up. So how come there are virtually no convicted terrorists in jail?
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| 1. Rapes At Air Force Academy Are Endemic And Unpunished |
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| 2. Revenge Rape And Other
Retaliation Is Also Typical |
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PROGRAMS
Much of what this survey shows is very bad news for cable TV.
Increased deaths are related to low levels of educaton and staffing. But hospital administrators want to save money.
In the era of "deregulation", credit card companies are creating debt that grows so fast that families will never be able to pay it off.
KEEPS EXPLODING
"Our resources are misspent, our punishments too severe, our sentences too long," pronounces U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy.
MISCONDUCT
Harmful Error is the first national study of prosecutorial abuses and malfeasance. Click
for a summary of the book by
the Center For Public Integrity.
The numbers behind the fourth Great Awakening.
ARE STRUCTURED
Hint: You don't do it with those tiresome newspaper polls:
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| 1. Home Sweet Home |
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| 2. A Rose By Any Other Name |
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SANCTIONS ON IRAQ
The real numbers are grim and unsettling.
AGRICULTURE, MANUFACTURING, AND SERVICES
A new idea about why manufacturing declines, and that it might be intrinsic to the manufacturing process.
SALARIES
Don't listen to the media whining of the owners or the players. Behind the scenes, they all know the real story.
Virginia is a wealthy state. But in spending, it apes historically impovershed states and is losing ground to its growth-oriented neighbors.
The Statistical Assessment Service takes a critical look at the data presented by both sides.
A new collection of survey data and opinion polls about
the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Why econometric modeling is frequently inaccurate.
Things are worse than you thought!
Incisive and humerous exposé revealing how statistics and risk studies are twisted to produce political rather than genuine, scientific results. Authored by Steven J. Malloy, editor of the acclaimed website JunkScience, and an Adjunct Scholar at the Cato Institute. Entire book here!
AND IT'S IN VIRGINIA!
AND THE MYSTERIOUS TRAINS
OF SCIENTIFIC ILLITERACY