Archive - Free Splains

Donald Trump is probably a pedophile

Trump pardoned multiple known pedophiles who were at the Capitol on January 6, but there's much more

Apr 4 •

February 2025

Personal income stagnated during Biden's presidency

By the most election-relevant economic metric, the US economy stagnated after Joe Biden's inauguration

Feb 13 •

Donald Trump and Marco Rubio turned off PEPFAR, an anti-AIDS program that saved millions of lives

For National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: ACT UP, fight Trump, fight AIDS.

Feb 8 •

January 2025

"Grooming gangs" are Asian but "paedophile rings" are white, apparently

A modern curiosity of British English

Jan 8 •

December 2024

Trends in Canadian youth suicide by gender, 2000–2023

In the summer I looked at trends in the US, but what about its neighbor to the north?

Dec 21, 2024 •

Last month's election was not a grand revelation about America

This year is neither the first time Donald Trump won the presidency nor the first time he expanded his electoral base

Dec 6, 2024 •

November 2024

Votes for not-Trump are not votes for Trump, abstention is not voting for Trump

An elementary observation that supposedly strategic voters and commentators refuse to understand

Nov 5, 2024 •

August 2024

Trends in US youth suicide by gender, 1999–2020

Do suicide rates fit the hypothesis that smartphones and social media are making teenagers (and especially female teenagers) miserable?

Aug 29, 2024 •

July 2024

How'm I doing? A review of my predictions

What better way to break a two-year hiatus than checking myself?

Jul 14, 2024 •

April 2022

Horseshit theory: 2022 French presidential-election edition

Are Jean-Luc Mélenchon's supporters the real electoral base for Marine Le Pen?

Apr 12, 2022 •

March 2022

"Westsplaining"

A hot, trendy word to go with the word "agency" in arguments about the West, Eastern Europe, and NATO

Mar 27, 2022 •

NATO, Ukraine, externalities, and "agency"

Every state has "agency" but that isn't enough to decide whether bringing a state into NATO is good

Mar 18, 2022 •

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