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Tim Lambert (deltoidblog AT gmail.com) is a computer scientist at the University of New South Wales.
September 30, 2004
Category: misc
This is David Hemenway's response to criticism of his book Private Guns Public Health by Kevin Baker at The Smallest Minority. September 27, 2004 I was asked to respond to what is claimed to be a critique of my book...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 11:50 PM • 40 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 29, 2004
Category: politics
I don't think I've ever written a "go and read this post" post, but go and read this post. Please....
Posted by Tim Lambert at 11:22 PM • 6 Comments • 1 TrackBacks
Category: Washington DC
Lott has an article in the National Review Online where he claims that the Washingtonian DC handgun ban caused crime increases: Crime rose significantly after the gun ban went into effect. In the five years before Washington's ban in...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 11:06 PM • 14 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Australia
There's an election coming up in Australia. I haven't blogged about it because other people are doing a much better job than I ever could. A special plug though, for Tom Vogelgesang, who is running for Senate on a...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 10:54 PM • 15 Comments • 1 TrackBacks
Category: politics
The Power Line blog informs us that the Kerry campaign has mounted a "terrorist attack on Australia": "We all know that Kerry's sister is over in Australia telling the Aussies to vote for their [leftist] candidate if they want...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 12:41 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 28, 2004
Category: UK
60 Minutes (the Australian version) has done a story on the use of deadly force in self-defence. Unfortunately it sufers from the same problem that many of these stories do. Tony Martin (who was convicted of murdering a burglar)...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 12:56 AM • 25 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 27, 2004
Category: surveys
Sandor is collecting blogger's results on the political compass quiz. My own collection is here (now over 500 blogs!). Actually I think the Political Survey quiz is better, but hey, you can try both, enter your results into my...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 11:54 PM • • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Australia
A commenter on my earlier post on John "I hate guns" Howard wondered: "If Latham wins, will the public generally credit this issue?" Some shooters have a plan to try to make it an issue: You Can Send John...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 12:06 AM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 25, 2004
Category: economics
For a webzine that has "Where free markets meet technology" in its masthead, Tech Central Station sure seems to have little faith in the ability of free markets to provide consumers with what they want. Consider this column by...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 8:17 AM • 37 Comments • 1 TrackBacks
September 20, 2004
Category: misc
Summary: Lott and Hassett have not analyzed their data correctly---it actually shows no evidence that headlines are biased against Republicans. (My previous posts are here and here.) The essence of Lott and Hassett's case that newspapers are biased against Republicans...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 12:20 AM • 17 Comments • 1 TrackBacks
September 16, 2004
Category: cherry picking
Crime statistics for the last 12 months in NSW have been released. Most crime categories have decreased significantly. Indecent assault, act of indecency and other sexual offencesDown by 11.9% Robbery with a weapon not a firearm Down by 19.7%...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 11:37 PM • 20 Comments • 1 TrackBacks
September 15, 2004
Category: Levitt
Glenn Reynolds writes Here's some helpful advice for CBS: "A source lies to you, and you find it out, you burn him. Period." Damn straight. So, Professor Reynolds, who was the anonymous source who lied to you, falsely claiming...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 11:01 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: academia
The story of the University of Newcastle plagiarism scandal continues: Professor Marimuthu was 18 days from signing a new five-year agreement that increased the annual fee payable by the Institut WIRA in Malaysia, where the campus was based, from...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 10:50 PM • 1 Comments • 1 TrackBacks
Category: misc
The AEI now has a video of the Lott/Hassett show alleging media bias against Republicans. (My previous post is here.) What is wrong with their study can be explained very briefly. First look at the graph on the left...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 1:57 AM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 14, 2004
Category: survey
It has now been two years since I asked him for evidence that he had conducted a survey. The original email is here. In all that time, the only evidence for a survey that he has been able to...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 11:42 PM • • 0 TrackBacks
September 13, 2004
Category: academia
The Syney Morning Herald has the latest evidence from the plagiarism scandal at the University of Newcastle (my previous posts are here and here) (my emphasis): The University of Newcastle sat on its "most serious" plagiarism allegations for more than...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 9:11 PM • 1 Comments • 1 TrackBacks
Category: misc
By popular request I'm going to comment on Lott's LA Times oped on the assault weapons ban. Basically, I agree with Lott here. As I noted earlier the ban doesn't make sense. However, Chris Mooney has a point when...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 8:10 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: misc
Lott has teamed up with Kevin Hassett to study whether economic reporting is biased. The paper, Is Newspaper Coverage of Economic Events Politically Biased?, concludes, surprise, surprise that the newspapers are biased against Republicans. The trouble with their study...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 12:21 AM • 15 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 10, 2004
Category: McKitrick
McKitrick has added a correction his page describing his paper that purports to find economic signals that I posted on here. McKitrick admits to mixing up degrees and radians but claims: There was a small error in the calculation...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 10:42 PM • 18 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: academia
In the latest installment in the U of Newcastle plagiarism scandal, Ronald MacDonald tries to outdo Robert Rugimbana (emphasis mine): The deputy vice-chancellor of research and internationalisation, Ronald MacDonald, said yesterday that he had originally believed the plagiarism claims...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 4:36 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 7, 2004
Category: academia
The Sydney Morning Herald reports (emphasis mine): In late 2002 a casual lecturer employed by the University of Newcastle to teach at its affiliated school in Malaysia, Institut WIRA, gave zero marks to 15 students in a class of...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 9:57 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 5, 2004
Category: Milloy
In my previous post I mentioned Daniel Davies' demolition of yet another dodgy Steve Milloy article. Milloy attacked a recent JAMA study that found: Higher consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages is associated with a greater magnitude of weight gain and...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 10:05 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 3, 2004
Category: Milloy
Daniel Davies has some criticism of a Steve Milloy Fox News column that purported to debunk a study that found that sugary drinks were linked with weight gain and diabetes. Milloy has a column on Fox News where he...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 7:20 AM • 22 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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