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Indianapolis Murder victims from 2017

States, Race, Politics, & Murder

November 13, 2022November 14, 2022 bklinger

When homicide rates spiked in 2020, Republicans and Democrats pointed fingers at each other.  Republicans accused Democrats of being soft on crime, and Democrats pointed to high homicide rates in Republican-leaning states.  I want to ....

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Crime, Geography/Economics/Politics
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Five Years of Recent History

November 6, 2022November 7, 2022 bklinger

So much has been going on lately in the news that I created a chart to keep track of all (that is: some) of it. Right before the election seemed like a good time to ....

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Crime, Environment, Geography/Economics/Politics, Pandemic, Taxing and Spending, Technology, US Elections, War and Peace
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Virginia Voters Face Clear Climate Choices in Congressional Races

November 6, 2022November 6, 2022 bklinger

The US is on the cusp of cleaning up our economy in order to avert dangerous levels of climate change, but the hour is late and what our political leaders do now is critical. As ....

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Environment, Geography/Economics/Politics, Taxing and Spending, US Elections

What was Wrong with Samuel Alito’s Speech?

August 8, 2022 bklinger

In July, 2022, U.S. Supreme Court justice Samuel Alito gave a speech at the Religious Liberty Summit in Rome, Italy. The speech received some media attention, much of which I believe missed the main noteworthy ....

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Taiwan is not Ukraine

July 29, 2022 bklinger

The West can and should stop an expansionist Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. Taiwan is a different story. 1. Taiwan Rhymes with Ukraine Russia, a dictatorship that has become more hostile lately, threatened the neighboring nation ....

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Geography/Economics/Politics, War and Peace
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Originalist When Expedient

June 26, 2022 bklinger

Conservatives have argued that Roe v. Wade was a bad decision because it created a right which was not present in the Constitution.  Nowhere does the Constitution say anything about a right to abortion; therefore, ....

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Geography/Economics/Politics, Law and Courts, Social Policy

May 2022 Abortion Rights Rally

May 15, 2022May 15, 2022 bklinger

I saw a few advertisements for the 14 May day of action in support of abortion rights. In the wake of the leaked Supreme Court decision striking down Roe v. Wade, I thought the rallies ....

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Geography/Economics/Politics, Health & Medicine, Social Policy, Trueish Stories

No to Violence in the Name of Abortion Rights

May 10, 2022 bklinger

The movement to outlaw abortion is threatening the freedom of women in America. Those of us who support the right to abortion are angry that the same people who demand the freedom to destroy the ....

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Communication, Geography/Economics/Politics, Health & Medicine

Covid Deaths 2x Higher in Red Counties

April 29, 2022April 29, 2022 bklinger

In November, I showed that Covid deaths were lower in states that had higher vaccination rates, and that vaccination rates go up strongly with percentage of Democratic vote (State Covid Rates Decrease With Vaccination – ....

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Geography/Economics/Politics, Pandemic, US Elections

Illustrating the Growth of the Divide on Supreme Court Picks

April 7, 2022April 13, 2022 bklinger

A chart showing forty years of Senate confirmation votes for Supreme Court justices illustrates the growing divide in America. The path to today’s divisions has a complex history. The First Fights Back in the 1980s, ....

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Geography/Economics/Politics, Social Policy

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