By Sherman Dorn on February 3, 2011
Today’s America by the Numbers is a set of gratuitous icons next to decontextualized numbers. Cases in point: civil marriages and divorces. The numbers in the Times icon display are crude rates, against the entire population. Of course one would expect a lower marriage rate as a population ages, because young adults are more likely […]
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By Sherman Dorn on February 3, 2011
Fate must be taking its revenge on me for making fun of universities that put "The" in their official names. A story in this morning's Tampa Tribune that represents my and other union members' views quite well quotes me as saying phrases such as "health of state pension fund" and " it's up to state Legislature." For […]
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New York Times indulges in iconographics – ugh!
By Sherman Dorn on February 3, 2011
Today’s America by the Numbers is a set of gratuitous icons next to decontextualized numbers. Cases in point: civil marriages and divorces. The numbers in the Times icon display are crude rates, against the entire population. Of course one would expect a lower marriage rate as a population ages, because young adults are more likely […]
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