EU Peak Covid Deaths, US Peak Cases
COVID-19 deaths/person in the EU and UK are about the same as the US this week, as they are in Germany and France. Italy is considerably higher and Spain lower. But... Peaks in deaths continue ....
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Quantifying the Congressional Assault on Democracy
In a move that generated derision from legal experts across the political spectrum, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asked the Supreme Court to throw out the votes of Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin in the ....
Mixed Signals on Covid Responses
International case statistics show a range of trends in recent weeks. US cases have skyrocketed in recent weeks, as amply covered by the media. EU and UK cases also skyrocketed (left panel), starting a couple ....
Why You Should Ignore Latest Voter Fraud Claims from Trump
I don't know what other claims Donald Trump and his allies will make about voter fraud over the next few weeks, but in the spirit of Slow News, I'm providing a quick reference sheet for ....
Election Fraud: Case Study
Here is an example of a Trump accusation of fraud in the 2020 election. I chose it merely because it was the first of several cases mentioned by someone I was debating on Facebook. Facebook ....
COVID Death Update
Two weeks ago I posted graphics showing the path COVID was taking through the states. There has been a lot of news about rising caseloads throughout the country, but in recent weeks the rise in ....
Letters to a Trump Voter – IV Proud Ignorance
PDF version of letter: lettersThoughtDownload Dear Dad, A. Dull on Policy, Brilliant on Marketing “How do we get him to continue to talk about immigration? We’re going to get him to talk about he’s going ....
COVID Deaths State to State
How hard has COVID hit different states? Though many dashboards show voluminous COVID statistics, I have not seen a clean comparison. Data on 50 states is just too much to take in at once, so ....
You’re No Abe Lincoln
If there's one thing you can give Trump credit for, it's chutzpah. OK, it's easy to laugh at his claim to be the best president for blacks since Abe Lincoln. But some of his specific ....
Fact Check – 2nd Presidential Debate
It hardly seems worth fact-checking Trump anymore considering his notorious record of dishonesty compared to other politicians, but I couldn't resist taking a look at the standard fact-checking sites after the Second Trump-Biden Debate. Since ....