Dec 5, 2018
Sunspots Will Not Cause an Ice Age
I grew up in this small town in Ohio called Hamilton. I've talked about it here, before. I'll let you draw your own conclusions. The Journal-News is the local daily newspaper, something…
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Nov 20, 2018
The House Should Refuse to Seat the Georgia Delegation
As of this writing, the results of the Georgia election are settled. What is not known, however, is the degree to which blatant and obvious attempts to suppress the vote interfered in…
Nov 18, 2018
Howard County, and Everyone Else, Needs the Plastic Bag Tax
Del. Terri Hill has recently proposed legislation that would give the Howard County Council the ability to impose a nominal tax on disposable bags. The Sun did a write up on it:…
Nov 17, 2018
A Challenge Problem for Extra Credit
I just gave the following problem to my MATH 106 students: Hello, everyone. We're getting to that point in the semester when students start asking the question every professor hates: Can I…
Nov 13, 2018
The Size and Structure of the Howard County Council
It's been a week since the election and we're all still digesting the results, I think. Here in Howard County, things mostly slow down. The next big things to happen in Howard…
Nov 11, 2018
Parallelized Implementation of bootCI for DCchoice
I've been helping a small team work on some willingness-to-pay analysis using double-bounded choice survey data. I'll post more about that soon, but I am writing now to talk about the double-bounded…
Nov 9, 2018
APL Wins IARPA Geopolitical Forecasting Challenge
Bulletin just handed to me! Press Release The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, earned first place overall and Election Forecaster honors in the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity…
Nov 5, 2018
Second Thoughts on the Blockchain Revolution
I am in Phoenix right now and yesterday I gave my talk here at INFORMS. I was invited to talk about blockchain by Natalie Scala and the presentation went well. Unfortunately, my…
Nov 4, 2018
What is Covered Under Flood Insurance
Sometimes, you miss things. Back in August, I did an interview with Julie Bawden-Davis for Supermoney! on flood insurance. Click below to learn what flood insurance covers: What is Covered Under Flood…
Oct 29, 2018
Freshwater Risks from Algae Blooms
Here in Maryland, we spend a lot of time talking about eutrophication in the Chesapeake Bay, but eutrophication can also be a threat to our freshwater supplies. This has most seriously affected…
Oct 25, 2018
Landfills Should Not Pollute the Air and Water
When we put stuff into a landfill, the general expectation is that we will never have to see it again. Of course, it is not that simple. Much of the matter in…