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Making Sense of Polls That Don’t Make Sense
We know that how a question is asked can influence the answers – and that, along with other factors such as sampling bias creates polls that are proven wrong in following elections. I’m going to illustrate how to better understand polls by showing some that were taken on gun ownership during the first 24 years Read more
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When Projections Become Difficult
As a young man, I never thought that working snow surveys would prepare me for a career in demography – but populations are populations, whether of snowflakes or humans (and some humans are definitely snowflakes). When you’re dealing with populations, you don’t make predictions, you make projections – you project the line of the curve, Read more
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Q&A: Ryan Dennis on the History of Agriculture
by Claire Carlson, The Daily YonderFebruary 6, 2026 Ryan Dennis is a man of many hats: writer, editor, bookseller, and more. But first and foremost, he’s the son of a family of dairy farmers from rural upstate New York. Growing up on the farm, he witnessed firsthand the detrimental effect of the “get big or Read more
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Solitude
Many have described solitude, being alone, far better than I can. As we age, there are many things that make solitude more acceptable, more appealing. Einstein – as with many other topics – phrased it well, but did not explain it: Health, for me, motivated the alone – the cancer and subsequent bowel resection left Read more
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The Difference Between Bad and Worse, Good and Better
The difference explains so much of our political and voting decisions. Back in 2016, I had a choice between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. She had been active and in offices – I knew what she offered. Trump, while a famous face, had no political record. If I evaluated the two and went to describe Read more
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After 6 Months – Fun With the New Knee
Knee replacement is a great surgery – I can understand the complaints some have, but mine is great. Sure, there’s a bit of occasional pain – but the old knee was constant and intense pain. It doesn’t feel quite right – but when the old one collapsed on me, I wound up with 6 grand Read more
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