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It is the time of year when someone wants to always bring up the idea of the virgin birth of Jesus as described in the Christian Scriptures. This time it is a study published in the Christmas edition of the British Medical Journal that claims reports of virgin births are also a modern day phenomenon. […]
Averages many times do not provide information. But when comparing the Untied States to the world by looking at only 15 counties I have to wonder what the authors of the piece posted at CNN titled “Average American inheritance: $177,000” with the byline “The United States is lagging behind other parts of the world when […]
The Washington Post did a piece on Sunday discussing a potential fare increase for the Washington DC area Metro system. As part of that article they included a graphic comparing the costs of various subway systems across the country. The graphic fails on several key points. The presentation of the graphic is complicated because the […]