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As most of you know, we had a really difficult couple of months losing both Bailey and Winston. However, we decided we wanted a fresh start for both of us and Walter. We decided we wanted either a...

I work in research. Yeah, that's a really confusing article in terms of how they report sample sizes. Looks like they started with a sample of 33,320 dogs, and had some demographic data about them....

I'm totally jealous. I was in New England on vacation in October 2016, and was stunned by how spectacular the leaves are, particularly in Maine (we visited Acadia National Park). Leaves change in...

I took Winston to the vet this morning. Got an entire blood panel done on him and a Prozac prescription. The vet examined him. He has two lumps on him, but they're just lipomas. One he's had for a...

Thanks to everyone for taking time to give me feedback. It means the world to me. I have scheduled an appointment with my vet tomorrow. I am trying to get him in to see a trainer/behavioral...

Well, here we are again. After ~4 years of having two good legs, Winston tore the other CCL. The vet diagnosed it several weeks ago. I tried conservative management for a couple of months but the...

That is awesome. Given how consumer habits and attitudes about the virtues of Black Friday are changing, I think there will be continued momentum in this direction.

Isn't that the truth? I want Bernie Sanders to be the next president but realistically it'll probably be Hillary Clinton or Marco Rubio taking the Oath in January 2017.



I always say that it's...

Thanks for the reply, Mr. Kleb.

I believe I would support NDP or the Liberals if I were able to vote in Canada. It's hard to imagine that Harper had many fresh ideas to offer after having been in...

I noticed that you wrote a post earlier today on your blog and how this was going to be your first chance to vote in a Canadian election since becoming a citizen. I was just curious what your...

My gas company allows you to submit your own meter reading online if you don't want to go with the estimated usage. At some point I'm sure they have to check it to make sure you're not committing...

When it comes to utilities, there aren't really choices, whether the company is privately or publicly owned. It's either a state-run entity or a legalized business monopoly. Neither has much...

I believe universal access to higher education and healthcare should be the goal of any wealthy, democratic society. I don't expect it to happen overnight, but it's a goal worth fighting for. There's...

Very cool. Innovative approach to data collection. Makes it much cheaper to amass data collection. Thanks for taking the time to do this. As someone who does public policy research at a university,...

Thanks. Winston will be fine. The vet said it was just a lipoma. I had written a post going into more detail, but that was the gist.

No. I'm sorry that someone completely unprofessional with potentially criminal intent walked into your house, but this has nothing to do with the fact that the person is a public employee. My...

Sounds awesome. Every astronaut I've ever heard speak has been interesting. And a Bowie fan to top it off? Even better.

Did he mention whether he'd heard anything from Bowie?

That's a great story. Beautiful dog, too.

Back to the OP's topic, I found an article showing that the election turnout in Ontario was 52 percent, which is significantly higher than the 40.1 percent in the U.S. in 2010. Mid-term, provincial...

Immigrants have to become citizens in order to vote. The process takes time. Most Latinos voting today were born in the United States.

And not all Latinos vote for Democrats. Bush actually got...

Interesting background. I'm always interested to read about what kind of ballots are used. Most American states have electronic voting machines, but not all. It's somewhat hard to believe some...

Well, technically we don't see the Hound die in the show or in the books, so theoretically he could still be alive by some miracle.

I saw the short version of it on the NBC Nightly News. Personally, I'm glad he did what he did. Obviously many people will disagree, claim he's a traitor, blah blah blah. The simple fact of that...

Sure, it would be nice if we lived in a society where nobody used IV drugs. But such a society has never, nor will it ever, exist. We have to face realities when dealing with public health crises.
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Most gun violence in this country is committed by people who are in fact sane. Mass shootings with crazy killers get more media attention, but most homicides, suicides and accidents related to guns...