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Senate Republicans need to step up for women, or have blood on their hands

Statistically, the risk of homicide for women is 500 percent more in homes with firearms. → Read More

Closed schools more risky for young people than COVID

The cost-benefit analysis is clearly on the side of opening schools, from kindergarten through college level. → Read More

Liberty Vittert: As COVID deaths mount, greatest gift we can give our loved ones is to stay away

With COVID-19 infections at a record high, the greatest gift the young can give to the old, children can give to parents, and grandkids can give to grandparents is the gift of distance, to avoid transmitting the coronavirus. → Read More

Liberty Vittert: US must end imports of Chinese products made with slave labor and protect oppressed Uighurs

Iconic companies are reportedly using slave labor in their Chinese factories, in a horrific violation of human rights — making a mockery of their carefully crafted images as socially conscious. → Read More

Liberty Vittert: Biden should halt sales to China of US tech used to persecute and enslave Uighur Muslims

The Chinese Communist government is currently enslaving about 1 million Uighurs — members of a Muslim ethnic group — in “reeducation centers” that have been described as high-tech concentration camps. → Read More

Liberty Vittert: Trump is wrong — pollsters didn’t deliberately make inaccurate election forecasts

President Trump told reporters Thursday that pollsters very deliberately made false claims that Joe Biden had a big lead in the presidential race in order to suppress Trump votes and help Biden be elected president. As a statistician and polling expert, I have to respectfully disagree. → Read More

Liberty Vittert: Coronavirus by the numbers

Let’s take a look at the latest report by the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to really understand what it means for your individual risk of infection -- in normal language. → Read More

Liberty Vittert: How many times will you fall in love in your lifetime?

We’ve all wondered, is there such a thing as “the one.” → Read More

Liberty Vittert: Fall back, daylight saving time – You need to cease and desist

Proponents of daylight saving time – which ends at 2 a.m. Sunday – argue that it gives more daylight hours after a workday and decreases energy consumption. But the negatives way outweigh any positives. → Read More

Liberty Vittert: Census shouldn’t ask about citizenship

It makes sense to omit a question about citizenship from the census, in order to get the most accurate count of our population. → Read More

Liberty Vittert: Climate change alarmists deny science in misrepresenting June's heatwave

Climate change zealots vilify climate change deniers for denying science. Unfortunately, much of the time, they do the exact same thing. → Read More

Liberty Vittert: Will bacon and French fries kill you? How to not get fooled by health headlines.

Health headlines can be very scary but should we believe them? → Read More

Liberty Vittert: How to win three times more money at the casino

Casinos are getting greedy in trying to stack the odds in their favor. Here are some must-know tips to boost your chances of winning money. → Read More

Liberty Vittert: America must increase immigration or risk economic disaster

If America does not increase immigration, it will suffer serious economic impact. → Read More

March Madness is here, and it's time for gamblers to start paying taxes on their winnings

Why aren't sports bettors getting taxed for their gambling winnings? → Read More

The dirty political data economy you don’t know about

Data is the new oil, except it isn’t the earth that is being excavated - it’s you. → Read More

Grounding Boeing 737s Max jets is right call – Here's a statistician’s view of their risk

President Trump’s announcement Wednesday that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is temporarily grounding two models of the Boeing 737 Max jet following two deadly crashes was welcome but overdue. → Read More

Heading to Mexico for spring break? Here's a statistician's take on the risk vs. the reward

With spring break upon us, is one of America’s favorite foreign vacation spots really dangerous? → Read More

If you monetized all the plastic garbage in the world, here's what you could buy

Less than 10 percent of all plastic produced since 1960 has been reused — which presents a massive opportunity. → Read More

Russian interference in US elections far from over – Here’s what to watch for

The arrival of 2019 marks the kickoff of the 2020 presidential election campaign, amid continued worries about foreign influence – particularly from Russia – in our democratic process. → Read More