Posts Tagged ‘congress’

I have a running battle with easy-open containers. Most of them aren’t. Medicine bottles with the cryptic “Push & Turn” instructions. Tabs on boxes that dispense paper cuts as often as the contents. Plastic packs that slice & dice. This Pop-Secret example of the “glue every possible edge” school of package design. Hill’s Science Diet [...]

Several years ago the Plano Star Courier reported that more students had passed a particular test than the year before. While the Dallas Morning News reported that the passing rate for this test was ten per cent lower as compared to the previous year. Both stories are true. The facts were that more students had [...]

I have just been granted access to a secret congressional document that lays out in detail how Congress members make decisions. The document is stunning in its simplicity, while allowing for incredible latitude in the actual implementation. In a flow chart fashion it breaks down complex decisions into a series of Yes/No options leading ultimately [...]