Author Archives: Kevin

About Kevin

Just an old guy with opinions that I like to bounce off other people.

OCD and Math Education

Posted on November 26, 2008 by Kevin

I think the persistence of Obama Citizenship Denial (OCD) may be related to the poor state of mathematics education in this country. I do not refer to higher mathematics, or arithmetic, but to the more basic skill of counting. Let … Continue reading →

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Dr. Ron Polarik’s analysis of Barack Obama’s birth certificate

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Kevin

“Ron Polarik” (not a real name?) published an analysis of the Barack Obama birth certificate and concludes that it is a forgery. (That link has stopped working). [Since I wrote the following article, I ran across a scientific critique of … Continue reading →

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Poisoning the Well

Posted on November 24, 2008 by Kevin

Poisoning the well (or attempting to poison the well) is a logical fallacy where adverse information about a target is pre-emptively presented to an audience, with the intention of discrediting or ridiculing everything that the target person is about to … Continue reading →

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Obama Citizenship Denial (OCD)

Posted on November 22, 2008 by Kevin

I have written exhaustively about Obama Citizenship Denial (OCD) in another forum and under another name. I want to put a few summary thoughts here. Some links have been added in comments. I don’t pay much attention to conspiracy theories. … Continue reading →

Posted in Educational Reports, Obama Citizenship Denial, Politics | 50 Comments

Critical Thinking

Posted on November 17, 2008 by Kevin

Some people are not very good at math, and some aren’t very good at drawing, and some aren’t very good at critical thinking. You can’t expect everybody to be good at everything. Or as Lincoln said: “you can fool some … Continue reading →

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Obama spoke to us as adults

Posted on October 27, 2008 by Kevin

Commenting on Obama’s speech on race, someone said: “he spoke to us as adults.” That’s a profound observation and in 6 words sums up the difference between the Obama campaign and the McCain campaign. I am continually thankful for some … Continue reading →

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Reverse “Bradley Effect”

Posted on October 18, 2008 by Kevin

The “Bradley Effect” refers to a voter telling a pollster that they are going to vote for a black candidate, but not carrying through. This effect has even been found in exit polls in the past. I discount the Bradley … Continue reading →

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