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BargainCountertenor

About Me:
I'm a professor of statistics at New Mexico State University with some expertise in government statistics and work experience in state and federal government. My professional expertise is in experimental design and analysis, with a sideline in survey design and analysis. My hobby is music making with large lengths of brass tubing.
 
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About Me:
I'm a professor of statistics at New Mexico State University with some expertise in government statistics and work experience in state and federal government. My professional expertise is in experimental design and analysis, with a sideline in survey design and analysis. My hobby is music making with large lengths of brass tubing.

Populism: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

By: BargainCountertenor Saturday April 4, 2009 6:29 pm

The adjective ‘populist’ has been applied to people as diverse as Huey Long and Rush Limbaugh. Is the adjective too shopworn to be useful?

Single Payer Bills in Congress: First Impressions

By: BargainCountertenor Thursday April 2, 2009 4:19 pm

HR 676, HR 1200 and S 703 are single payer bills currently wending through Congress. This is the my first assessment of the structure of the bills. More detail may follow if folks are interested.

Somebody Please Tell Me This Is A Bad Joke

By: BargainCountertenor Tuesday December 23, 2008 2:46 pm

Dennis Prager of TownHall.com tells us that women should rarely (if ever) say no to their husbands. I’d like to think this is a spoof.

Aristotelean Nuggets

By: BargainCountertenor Friday December 19, 2008 10:56 pm

Clyde gave us some Heavenly Nuggets. I’ve got some comments that won’t fit in a comment.

Posole

By: BargainCountertenor Tuesday December 16, 2008 12:13 am

Tired of chili? Try this hominy stew. Also good eats and pretty cheap too.

Chile a la BargainCountertenor

By: BargainCountertenor Monday December 15, 2008 11:43 pm

With graduation and Mrs BC’s getting her PhD over the weekend we had a house full of family and friends. I didn’t get to Toby’s chili post in time. So here’s mine.

Bring it on, Big John

By: BargainCountertenor Tuesday December 9, 2008 10:32 am

So big John Boehner wants to campaign for 2010 on a platform of Democratic Party corruption? Pot, meet Kettle. You’re both black.

Bill of Wrongs

By: BargainCountertenor Monday December 8, 2008 10:52 pm

A brief review of Ivins and DuBose 2007 book.

Like Lilly von Schtupp, I’m Tired. But I’m Tired of Hearing Obama’s Not a Liberal.

By: BargainCountertenor Thursday December 4, 2008 9:55 pm

Folks, Barack Obama isn’t a liberal, but we should have known that two years ago. Maybe more. Since when do we listen to how Rush and Hannity label people anyway?

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