25. Pennsylvania Medicaid Expansion and Legislature Polarization
Pennsylvania's last Governor dragged his feet on expanding medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. The new governor has reversed himself but a lot of other governors haven't.
24. Titanic Perspective
The 100th anniversary of that cursed ships sinking made me think of other disasters that have been forgotten.
23. Morality as a Mathematical Equation
The earliest post on this list was on a discussion of how morality can be evaluated like a mathematical equation.
22. Habemus Resegnum - We have a resignation
Pope Francis became the 266th successor of St. Peter after Benedict XVI abdicated. Here is a look at the Papacy.
21. The David Roberts Family Fund
Last year my friend from Hartford died from brain cancer. A site was set up for his family to cover medical expenses. I talked about how they shouldn't have to be begging for money for this purpose. You can still donate to their paypal account here.
20. An In Depth Look at a Mindfulness and Stress Study
An old classmate of mine from Hartford had an article in the Huffington post on how mindfulness can reduce stress. I discussed her study here.
19. Season's Shootings
A response to the terrible shootings that occurred about the same time as the Newtown Shootings.
18. Olympic Medal Counts Still Reflect National Power (or the Need for it)
As the title of this post says, a look at how Olympic medal counts reflect a nations power.
17. Ruth Institute - Making Marriage Cool (In the US but not Scandinavia)
A response to a question I asked about the effect of Scandinavian social programs on marriage.
16. A Statistical Profile of the Uninsured in Washington, DC, New Mexico, and Texas
How do uninsured rates relate to health outcomes for these three outlier states?
15. A Geographical Representation of the Mode and Ethnicity
A look at methods of displaying descriptive statistics in geographic form.
14. Controversy over the New Psychiatric Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
The American Psychiatric Assn caused controversy when they decided to remove Asperger's Syndrome from the DSM-V and place it on the Autism spectrum
13. The World Wars and Today's Wars
A look at how World Wars I & II relate to the current troubles in the Middle East.
12. Correlation with the Number of Hate Groups per Million, Poor Health Suggests More Hate
In a follow up to the post on the concentration of hate groups (seen further down on this list), I looked at the correlation between the concentration of hate groups in each state and their health outcomes.
11. Bullying & Society
In this post I argue that bullying in schools is merely a reflection of ills in the larger society.
10. Lance Armstrong's Doping Claim: A Probabilistic Calculation
When Lance Armstrong was still claiming innocence of blood doping I thought I would apply probability theory to his claim. This is the post with the longest average time per view.
9. 2013 Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates Are Out for School Districts and Counties in PA
A look at local poverty rates in my home state of Pennsylvania.
8. A Kinder, Gentler Looney Tunes
Warner Brothers tried to modernize the Looney Tunes characters. I thought it had promise but it didn't last.
7. Top 10 Worst Super Bowls of All Time
We are used to thrilling Super Bowls today but there was a time when the game rarely lived up to the hype.
6. Two Years Ago in Stanton Heights
In 2009, three policemen were killed by a right wing extremist about a mile from where I live. I gave a profile of the neighborhood where it happened.
5. Hitler, Napoleon, and Stalin: Outsider Despots
Hitler and Napoleon are often compared. I argue that there is also considerable overlap between those two and Josef Stalin.
4. The Civil War in a Larger International Historical Context
With the 150th anniversary of the Civil War these past 4 years I thought it would be helpful looking at in with similar conflicts in Italy, Germany and Japan which would have repercussions for later conflicts..
3. A Wave of Hate Groups in California? No in Washington, DC
A look at the concentration of hate groups in the US (adjusting for population).
2. Global Warming, Wikileaks, and Statistics: What Barry Sanders Can Teach Us
The second most popular post provides a sports metaphor (Barry Sanders' running statistics) for explaining global warming/climate change to denier of this science who also is a sports junkie (ie. Rush Limbaugh, James Inhofe, etc).
1. CSI Without Dead Bodies: Income and Life Expectancy. What does it Tell Us About US?
Thanks to this post being linked to on the BBC programme (British Spelling) web page for The Joy of Stats, this page has received over 3,000 hits (7% of total traffic). It covers the correlation between life expectancy and income.
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