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 ....
Category: Communication
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 ....
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 ....
Letters to a Trump Voter – III Do You Think Tribal Hatred is a Bug or a Feature?
9 October 2020 PDF of letter: lettersHate1Download Dear Dad, The President’s many, many attempts to drum-up racial, national, religious, and political hatred is one of the most enduring themes of his political life. When people ....
Trump’s Greatest Hits (Against the Truth)
chartLies.pdf - File with quotes, facts debunking the quotes, and references.Download Donald Trump is a notorious liar, but I continue to be surprised by people who claim that his reputation is just the product of ....
My Size/Intensity Technique Shows Up in Washington Post?
For a few years now, I have been experimenting with a way to display demographic, economic, political, and other data via "size/intensity" or "box" plots. The idea is that if you want to compare some ....
The Problem of Remote Mingling
Want to talk to someone, give a class, or have a meeting? There are plenty of good tools that you can use, such as Webex, Zoom, and Blackboard. One activity that these tools do not ....
Unasked Questions in the Middle of a Crisis
Just the kind of investigative reporting we need (photo NY Times, from start Trump term). News coverage of this crisis is typical: wall-to-wall reporting of a small number of facts over and over again, giant ....
Better Cookbooks
Maybe now that all the restaurants have been closed by the pandemic, you are doing some more cooking. I don't have very strong opinions about recipes, but I have strong opinions about how they should ....