America’s Worst Charities

Early this morning, a gasoline tanker truck crashed and exploded on the Oakland side of the Bay Bridge. The resulting fire collapsed the freeway and closed two interstates. And I couldn’t help but think: first  [more...]

I’m having a great time watching The West Wing on DVD, which arrived via air mail yesterday. Two things: Why do I have to order American television programs from England because they won’t sell them in  [more...]

Maps, like any other data visualization, can be massaged to show a certain message. My old boss Sam Natoli would appreciate these visualizations, which make the election results far more clear than a simple red/blue map  [more...]