4.13.07 Headlining the Problem

Enquiring minds are used to dopey headlines near the supermarket checkout.  Stories like “Man Cuts Off Own Head And Lives” or “Cheerleader Marries Alien Twins”.  We all know it’s fake, right?  And those goofy New York Post headlines (e.g. “Hunk Flunks,” ridiculing JFK Jr. for failing the bar exam for…
2007

4.6.07 Presidential Prognostication

It will be Edwards versus Huckabee 500 days from now.  Forget political correctness, it’s statistical. First, the problems with the Democrats.  Hillary Rodham Clinton is female.  Which means it is statistically impossible for her to be president.  Barack Obama is half black, which immediately cuts his chances to 50%.  Furthermore,…
2007