As 2019 comes to a close I thought I would imitate other media news outlets and look at the top 10 posts on this site in terms of the number of page views. The majority of the posts came in the early part of this year and in the later part. Posts made before 2019Continue reading “Top Ten Posts of 2019”
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I Figli della Madre Terra (The Children of Mother Earth)
Buon Natale a tutti. My cousin from Italy, Lorenzo Serpente (pictured below in the Clayfox and Spider man shirt) has written a book called I Figli della Madre Terra or The Children of Mother Earth. It is a science fiction/fantasy/coming of age story of a boy growing up in a prehistoric tribe. In January there will be anContinue reading “I Figli della Madre Terra (The Children of Mother Earth)”
Christmas Update
The past few weeks have been rough. I battled the flu, worked. I have been writing for other online publications. I have two posts on The Hill Talk, one is on new hate crime data from FBI while the other is on new data from the Census Bureau on poverty in every county in the US. Continue reading “Christmas Update”
Seven Years of CSIwoDB
Usually for my anniversary posts I look at the web traffic statistics for the site. This year I thought I would take stock of where the blog is and where it will go. Seven years ago I began the blog by conducting data driven journalism before I had even heard of the term. This yearContinue reading “Seven Years of CSIwoDB”
Organizing a chapter of Healthcare 4 All PA for Cambria and Surrounding Counties
One way of keeping the Momentum from the primary going is to advocate for the causes that we care about. One of our Single payer healthcare which covers everyone while controlling costs and is used in almost every industrialized country except our own. Healthcare 4 All PA is an organization advocating for a Single PayerContinue reading “Organizing a chapter of Healthcare 4 All PA for Cambria and Surrounding Counties”
I Know I’ve Been Away
I’ve been busy with teaching and working. There have been lots of things to blog about but a lot of these things, ISIS, health care, the election, and immigration are things I’ve written about before. I haven’t written as much on topics related to Ferguson, Missouri and racism. I missed PodCamp this year because IContinue reading “I Know I’ve Been Away”
Healthcare is a Human Right Concert, June 7
State board member Mike Stout (pictured below) and the Human Union Band will be holding a Health Care is a Human Right concert on June 7. The press release is below with a preview of their new song. PRESS RELEASE: Legendary Rock Concert for Social Justice in Pittsburgh! Mike Stout and The Human Union inContinue reading “Healthcare is a Human Right Concert, June 7”
Thomas Merton Center’s New Economy Working Group to Convene a Celebration of Pittsburgh’s New Economy March 20-22, 2014
The New Economy Working Group is having a celebration of innovators with panels, workshops, and awards on March 20-22 at Baker Hall on the Carnegie Mellon University Campus and other locations. Details are below. A single payer system is integral to a new/more efficient economy as Dr. Gerald Friedman showed in his economic impact study.Continue reading “Thomas Merton Center’s New Economy Working Group to Convene a Celebration of Pittsburgh’s New Economy March 20-22, 2014”
The Month of December is Now Upon Us
As Black Friday is now past and Cyber Monday is tomorrow. Right now I am busy with school and am unable to do large posts on this blog. I will repost things on the Facebook page and may do small posts if they are relevant to what is going on in the world. NowContinue reading “The Month of December is Now Upon Us”
A Video By Dancing Statistics and an Announcement on Bloglovin
Follow my blog with Bloglovin I’m kicking off the fourth year of this blog with a new video by the troupe Dancing Statistics which explains the concept of correlation very creatively. At the top of this blog I’m also announcing this blog will also be listed on the blog referral site Bloglovin. I encourage youContinue reading “A Video By Dancing Statistics and an Announcement on Bloglovin”