This post will dive a little deeper into American politics. I try to avoid it unless there’s something genuinely interesting to say about the data. In this case, I think there is! We’ll look at the last decade of county-level
Yes, there is. In fact, when Republicans gained a majority in the chamber earlier this year, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) reclaimed his position as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. When you spend a lot of time in Congress, you
Have you ever had a private conversation near your Amazon Echo and it suddenly lit up like an unwanted eavesdropping little creep? This happened to me and I wondered how much worse it is for women named Alexa. I understand
Usually on the blog we apply a function to each element of a one-dimensional array, like [1, 2, 3], and get back another array, like [10, 20, 30]. Then we use both lists to plot a series of (x, y)
It’s been nearly eight years since Nintendo launched their wildly successful Switch console. By most standards, its successor is overdue. While it hasn’t arrived yet, the company has promised to reveal it by the end of their fiscal year (March
You’ll often hear people talk about home field advantage in football, which simply means that home crowd, lack of travel, etc. are worth a couple points to the final score. It’s discussed less often in basketball but the advantage is
Former President Jimmy Carter recently turned 100 years old. Any American who becomes president has by definition lived an exceptional life, but Carter stands out among peers. While six presidents have lived into their 90s, including Carter, he’s now the
Split-ticket voting is when you select candidates of different political parties on the same ballot. You might vote for a Democrat for state legislature and a Republican for mayor. That’s in contrast to straight-ticket voting, which of course means picking
The NFL’s enforcement of this rule has long been a source of frustration for fans. Minor incidental contact with a quarterback can suddenly trigger a 15-yard penalty and an automatic first down, which can easily change the course of a
Netflix premiered a new sci-fi show this year, 3 Body Problem, which brought attention to a whole host of nerdy Wikipedia articles. [No spoilers!] One of those topics was the three-body problem. The TL;DR version is that if you have
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