Even I ask myself why I post my column in the Chatham Community Board. After all, no one likes me, just ask Mr. Kleinbaum. Now not to put too fine a point on it, but as Chatham is a town of some four thousand people, Mr. Kleinbaum’s assertion — speaking as a trained data scientist — is statistically courageous. Data, evidence…not sure about the rest of you, but I’d want a lawyer who had a handle on the concept. Apparently the bar is lower here.
Of course, no one reads me either, which makes me kind of foolish. What is puzzling to me is how I am so often corrected by those who don’t read this column. Could it be that these naysayers are fibbing? Or is the fibbing more of a culture? In Chatham, I’m beginning to think it’s infrastructure.
Ms. Bowerman logged on to Facebook the other day. She tossed me a sort of odd compliment: appreciates my writing chops, but my facts are…what? Alternative ones? Kelly Conwayesque? From a woman defending Donal Collins, the irony has a certain perfume to it.
