Yahoo’s new CEO
July 17, 2012
In a Wall Street Journal article, Is Yahoo’s New Female CEO Headed for the ‘Glass Cliff’?, Christopher Shea asks whether Marissa Mayer’s appointment is a […]
Read MorePersonal political information: Opt-in or Opt-out?
June 9, 2012
Your political affiliation and voting history (when you voted; not HOW you voted) have gone “public.”
Read MoreFact or fiction?
April 15, 2011
The greatest danger to the future of our democracy is that too many people are unable to differentiate between what is fact and what is […]
Read MoreUnemployment stats 2
January 19, 2011
I’d really like to upload the unemployment stats I promised in excel, but the following message still appears on the Bureau of Labor Statistics site […]
Read MoreA retail story fit to print….
January 16, 2011
Well… after I wrote last night about my frustration with news media reporting only part of a story, my local paper, The Oregonian, ran a […]
Read MoreRetail sales: Compared with what?
January 16, 2011
In an article yesterday on The Huffington Post, Abby Wendle reported that retail sales increased for the 6th straight month. This is good news, but […]
Read MoreA great idea from the New York Times: deficit reduction
November 16, 2010
Deficit reduction
Read MoreTurnarounds and political appointments
January 6, 2009
I am watching with interest the controversy swirling around the proposed appointments of Leon Panetta and Sanjay Gupta. Although I do not have enough information […]
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