A cluster of birth defects

I’m not sure why the story got the media’s attentions this past week on what CNN refereed to as a “Mysterious cluster of birth defects” in Washington state. The story was also picked up by NBC News, Fox News, and others. The cluster was studied and reported on by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)in […]

Posted by Larry on March 11th, 2014 | Comments Off on A cluster of birth defects Posted in The Media

Obama’s health care promises and costs for small businesses

As I was getting up this morning I turned on the radio. I was hoping for a weather forecast. Instead I got Representative Ann Wagner giving the Weekly Republican Address. Wagner started by quoting Obama’s 2008 campaign promise to cut premiums for health care by up to $2,500. She saw this a a broken promise […]

Posted by Larry on March 1st, 2014 | Comments Off on Obama’s health care promises and costs for small businesses Posted in How to Lie with Statisics, Methodolgy Issues, The Media

Congressional Budget Office and the minimum wage

I was not at all surprised last week when the Congressional Budget Office issued a report claiming that increasing the minimum wage would cost jobs. They did not do the work themselves so much as rely on work that had been done by others. The finding is in line with standard economic thinking. Think supply […]

Posted by Larry on February 26th, 2014 | 2 Comments Posted in Methodolgy Issues, Telling the Full Story, The Media
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