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Southern charmless
January 15, 2021. How can such an innocuous bit of comfort tv go broke with woke? For the past five years, I have usually enjoyed the...

Peter Lorenzi
Jan 15, 20212 min read
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Statistics, predictions, and lies
Statistics. Perhaps the most overused and misused statistical concept used today is 'average'. Let's say that a measure of interest had...

Peter Lorenzi
Jan 15, 20212 min read
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A truly progressive plan for the people
Jan 14, 2021. With a new, 'progressive' White House and congress, the country could really use some truly progressive ideas when it comes...

Peter Lorenzi
Jan 14, 20214 min read
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American demographics and deaths
January 13, 2021. What numbers explain what is going on in America today? We read and hear a lot about deaths from a certain virus yet,...

Peter Lorenzi
Jan 13, 20213 min read
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One broken window theory, and one fallacy
January 6, 2021. How many people have heard of -- and understood -- the broken window theory? There are actually two versions of this...

Peter Lorenzi
Jan 6, 20213 min read
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Numbers, lies, damned lies, statistics...and questions
January 5, 2021. Did you ever notice that Fauci and the CDC count Covid deaths the way American generals and the military counted Viet...

Peter Lorenzi
Jan 5, 20212 min read
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Cabin fever
Time to admit it. Wisconsin winter is here. Still lacking much of the expected snow, but the thermometer tells a cold story of single...

Peter Lorenzi
Jan 5, 20212 min read
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Lockdown efficacy
January 4, 2021. Is there any good reason to lockdown a country? Not likely. Two months ago I wrote and posted (most of this) this. It is...

Peter Lorenzi
Jan 4, 20212 min read
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2020 - the year of walking seriously
January 2, 2021. Thanks to Strava, my need to measure, post and pursue exercise goals and accomplishments has been both easy and...

Peter Lorenzi
Jan 2, 20214 min read
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The joy of acknowledging our progress
January 1, 2021. Too often our political 'leaders' and media moguls attack families, traditions, capitalism and our cherished "Life,...

Peter Lorenzi
Jan 1, 20211 min read
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Joy of living under world insanity
December 31, 2020. The political, protest, and public policy lunacy of the past year can not deflate the sheer joy of the blessings and...

Peter Lorenzi
Dec 31, 20201 min read
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Covid exaggeration
December 30. 2020. Death by bad data, bad tests, hospital billing incentives and biased medical director's decision. For months I have...

Peter Lorenzi
Dec 31, 20202 min read
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Curated cornocopia of Covid comments
December 30, 2020. As a handy review of thoughts on the pandemic from this blog, here is a collection of comments and links to...

Peter Lorenzi
Dec 30, 20203 min read
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Twenty-first century doctorate blues
December 29, 2020. Interesting article in today's Wall Street Journal. Some premiere research institutions are not admitting new doctoral...

Peter Lorenzi
Dec 29, 20203 min read
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Follow the science, not the scientist
December 27, 2020. Science is the process of testing and either rejecting or affirming hypothesis. This requires observation, the...

Peter Lorenzi
Dec 27, 20203 min read
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Joy of Christmas 2020
December 25, 2020. Being with my family, all of us together, is the greatest joy in my life.

Peter Lorenzi
Dec 25, 20201 min read
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Running in winter...and at night
December 21, 2020. Coming into Wisconsin living, I never for a moment thought that outdoor walking would be manageable during the...

Peter Lorenzi
Dec 21, 20202 min read
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2020: The year of living stupidly
December 20, 2020. While one 'expert' claims that masks have almost eliminated cold and flu... ....the CDC's own research claims that...

Peter Lorenzi
Dec 20, 20203 min read
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December 13, 2020: The joy of Advent at Holy Spirit
"Test everything; retain what is good. Refrain from evil of every kind." Thesselonians 1: 21-22 This is an era of distraction, much of...

Peter Lorenzi
Dec 13, 20203 min read
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What you need to do about Covid you learned in kindergarten
December 9, 2020. ...you should have learned in kindergarten. Wash your hands. A lot. Cover your sneeze with a tissue -- then throw it...

Peter Lorenzi
Dec 9, 20201 min read
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