CultureWhy children are horrifically good soldiersPlus, Antonia Fraser’s marriage to Harold Pinter, the fakeness of statistics, and Stephen Sondheim
UncategorizedThe stats behind date-rape drug detectorsA detection kit for the most common date rape drugs is going on sale throughout Canada shortly , according to the Montreal Gazette...
UncategorizedThat census debate, late Victorian editionThus spake the scientist and administrator G.B. Longstaff ( 1849-1921 ) in an address to the Royal Statistical Society on June...
UncategorizedDon’t mind me; I’m on a math benderAs the paid-up holder of a Mainstream Media club card, can I warn the sportswriters away from making too much of the statistical...
On CampusLong live social scienceGender imbalance persists and social science continues to dominate, says Stats Can.
UncategorizedObjectionable realityHaving said the same thing this time last year, the Justice Minister restates his thesis on crime. It was a year and a half...
GeneralSummers Gone, Yet AgainI can’t believe this is back on the table: Politico is reporting that Larry Summers’ potential candidacy for Treasury secretary...