www.gauntlet.ca

think outside the checkbox

User login

What is OpenID?
  • Sign in using Facebook

Poll

Do You Think Ministerial Responsibility Makes Sense:

Archive

older posts

Posts by Category

Fans of Gauntlet.ca


www.gauntlet.ca on Facebook

Home ยป Archive
June 2009

Book Review: The Political Brain

Submitted by gauntlet on June 11, 2009 - 20:08
in
Drew Westen and his wife suffered the loss of an unborn child. So when he says that the Democratic party in the US needs to communicate better on the issue of abortion, he speaks from the position of a person who understands personally how emotionally conflicted we are in how we view the unborn.

How not to report on polls.

Submitted by gauntlet on June 25, 2009 - 17:53
in

Check out this story at the CBC. It's not alone, it's just the most stark example of this problem I've seen recently.The liberals are at 32.6, the Conservatives are at 34.8. The difference is 2.2. Both of those numbers have a +/- of 1.7%. Which means the Liberals are between 30.9 and 34.3, 19 times out of 20. The Conservatives are between 33.1 and 36.5, 19 times out of 20.