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Farewell Munchkin
Munchy, my boy, my best buddy! Saying goodbye to you has been the most painful experience of my life, and I doubt I will ever come across anything more difficult. Munchy, you have no idea how much I love you! You are my boy, and you are my best buddy! How can I let go…
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Fixing the Elections, or Voter Suppression?
In the last post, I discussed the magnitude of potential errors due to ineligible voters in the election results in the US, and proposed a very generous confidence interval of 0.01%, based on the results of a recent investigation from the state of Georgia, a with substantial amount of overestimation and scaling to be applicable…
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Elections, or Statistical Experiments?
As you can guess from the title of this post, I am trying to pose elections as statistical experiments. I know there is a big difference; unlike polling, elections do not involve taking a sample of data to make a decision. Instead, every single vote is expected to be counted in every election. So, yes,…
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The Glass Is Half Full
It has been about two weeks since President Trump has taken the oath of office (mind you, without placing his hand on the bible; not that it bothers me, nor is it required by the Constitution, but something that may be of potential interest or significance to the vast number of Christian and especially evangelical…
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Dreading Tomorrows
Many years ago, when I was dealing with major depression and severe anxiety at its peak, I would go to bed at nights hoping, and praying (yes, praying!), that I would not wake up the next morning. But I would wake up the next morning, disappointed and fearful, of having to confront another day. I…
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Preemptive Pardons
Yes, they do sound somewhat strange or even unreasonable or unjustified, especially when, contrary to common understanding and the legal precedent that acceptance of a pardon is itself admission of guilt, these pardons come with a statement that their issuance is not an acknowledgment of any wrongdoing, nor should their acceptance be misconstrued as an…
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Taxes, Tariffs, and Prices
It’s no secret that the lawmakers and administrations that cozy up to the billionaires and corporations promote reducing or removing the income and corporate taxes and replacing them with increased sales taxes. If one’s goal is to protect the financial interests of the wealthy at the expense of increased taxation on the working class and…
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Power to Exercise One’s Freedom of Speech
I have already written about the First Amendment to the United States’ Constitution, and that, contrary to common understanding or attempts by those who have always wanted to abuse it, it is not just about the freedom of speech, and even the part that is related to the freedom of speech, is not a blanket…
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Munchkin
This is a personal note. It’s not about US politics or the Supreme Court rulings, or my musings about the philosophy of life and existence, or fairness and justice. It’s about a small dog. And it’s my plea, to any superior intelligence or higher power that might be out there, call it a god, or…