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Author Archives: Paul Chiariello

Red Vs Blue States – Who’s Actually Pro-Children? Statistical Analysis of Child Pov, Mortality, & Teen Birth Rates

May 18, 2022by Paul Chiariello Leave a comment

With the recent leak about Roe vs Wade, there’s a lot of criticism from the Left about the apparent hypocrisy they see on the Right. For many, Republicans aren’t actually […]

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Politics & Culture

7 Health Indicators – Are Red or Blue States Better?

August 2, 2020by Paul Chiariello 3 Comments

In comparing the quality of life between Red vs Blue states, I’ll be grouping all 23 indicators into 4 main categories: 4 Crimes Indicators, 4 Social Indicators, 7 Health Indicators […]

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Politics & Culture

Summary of 23 Quality of Life Indicators — Are Red or Blue States Better?

August 2, 2020by Paul Chiariello 2 Comments

In comparing the quality of life between Red vs Blue states, I’ll be grouping all 23 indicators into 4 main categories: 4 Crimes Indicators, 4 Social Indicators, 7 Health Indicators […]

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Politics & Culture

8 Economic Indicators — Are Red or Blue States Better?

July 30, 2020by Paul Chiariello 21 Comments

In comparing the quality of life between Red vs Blue states, I’ll be grouping all 23 indicators into 4 main categories: 4 Crimes Indicators, 4 Social Indicators, 7 Health Indicators […]

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Politics & Culture

4 Crime Indicators — Are Red or Blue States Better?

July 28, 2020by Paul Chiariello 11 Comments

In comparing the quality of life between Red vs Blue states, I’ll be grouping all 23 indicators into 4 main categories: 4 Crimes Indicators, 4 Social Indicators, 7 Health Indicators […]

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Politics & Culture

4 Common Ground Social Issues — Are Red or Blue States Better?

July 27, 2020by Paul Chiariello 10 Comments

In comparing the quality of life between Red vs Blue states, I’ll be grouping all 23 indicators into 4 main categories: 4 Crimes Indicators, 4 Social Indicators, 7 Health Indicators […]

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Politics & Culture

Research Methodology — Are Red or Blue States Better?

July 23, 2020by Paul Chiariello 8 Comments

Introduction Is conservative ideology better or worse than liberal ideology? That’s a tough question!  But more or less, it’s what this study is proposing to answer.  Obviously, we have to […]

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Politics & Culture

When We Shouldn’t – And Should – Argue from Authority

July 17, 2015by Paul Chiariello 1 Comment

I love taking common platitudes from rationality and pointing out the exceptions.  Why?  Because I hate when a short catchy maxim is used incorrectly to belittle others’ rational arguments.  The irony […]

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Ethics & Philosophy, Science & Nature

Why the Buddha is a Better Modern Role Model Than Jesus

April 17, 2015by Paul Chiariello 17 Comments

Jesus says a lot of great things – don’t get me wrong.  But too often he, at best, fails to comment on some of the most important issues of the […]

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Ethics & Philosophy, Religion & Secularism

How Correlation Does and Doesn’t Imply Causation

February 13, 2015by Paul Chiariello 5 Comments

In my last article I discussed the popular rule “absence of evidence isn’t evidence of absence,” often associated with the argument from ignorance.   However, this popular mantra, and almost every […]

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Science & Nature

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