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White Paper: Identifying Criminal Concentration: Data Infrastructure Requirements and the Role of Denial in Urban Decline

Executive Summary Across societies with sufficiently developed administrative and criminal justice data systems, crime is not evenly distributed across populations. A small fraction of individuals—often termed chronic, persistent, or high-rate offenders—are responsible for a disproportionate share of serious criminal harm. … Continue reading

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White Paper: The Central Role of Comparative Reference Frameworks in Online DNA Ancestry Testing

Executive Summary Online DNA ancestry testing services present themselves as tools for uncovering personal heritage through genetic analysis. However, the ancestry results they provide are not direct readings of genetic “origin” in any absolute sense. Rather, they are comparative inferences, … Continue reading

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White Paper: Data-Driven Strategies for Improving Customer Attitude and Enthusiasm in Airlines and Transportation Companies

Executive Summary Airlines and other transportation companies face a recurring challenge: customers often approach travel with negative expectations—anticipating delays, discomfort, friction, and systemic unpredictability. Improving customer attitude and enthusiasm is not merely an exercise in soft skills; it is a … Continue reading

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White Paper: The Numeracy That Matters: Essential Mathematical Literacy for Adult Life

Executive Summary Modern societies depend upon numeracy as much as literacy, yet the type of numeracy adults actually need is not always the kind emphasized in school curricula. While advanced mathematics undergirds modern technology and finance, most adults require a … Continue reading

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White Paper: The Myth of Tax Revenue Windfalls: Examining the Historical Gap Between Tax Hike Expectations and Capital Flight Reality

Executive Summary Policymakers often anticipate significant revenue gains from increasing taxes on high-income earners, assuming static behavior among taxpayers. However, historical evidence reveals a persistent gap between these projections and actual outcomes, largely due to capital flight, migration, and behavioral … Continue reading

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White Paper: Restoring Credibility to Government Statistics on Identity and Politics in Crime

Executive Summary Public trust in government crime statistics has eroded amid perceptions of bias, mislabeling, and political manipulation, particularly concerning the roles of ethnicity, identity, and political motivations in criminal activity. News reports highlight alleged underreporting of certain violence—such as … Continue reading

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White Paper: From Anecdote to Data: Determining the Threshold of Meaningful Evidence

Executive Summary In policy debates, scientific inquiry, and business decision-making, anecdotal evidence often acts as the seed of inquiry but rarely as the foundation of rigorous conclusions. Yet there is a critical question: at what point does a collection of … Continue reading

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On Systemic Anti-White Classification And Reporting Bias

Possibility: Could Underrecognition Indicate Systemic Bias Against Whites? It is theoretically possible that the underrecognition of Black-on-White crime as racially motivated reflects a systemic bias, defined as institutional or cultural practices that consistently disadvantage one group (in this case, Whites). … Continue reading

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Patterns Of Targeted Assassination Of Business Figures

In examining industry patterns, the energy and natural resources sector has faced particularly high risks. Companies involved in oil, gas, and mining operations have seen their executives targeted, especially in regions with resource-related conflicts. For instance, several oil company executives … Continue reading

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Filter Or Not Already

It is Wednesday morning as I write this, late morning at the New York City offices of Billboard Music. Yet, several days late at this point, neither the album charts or song charts for the week have been published or … Continue reading

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