Here are some interesting nums …
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According to the Chicago Police Department …
Chicago had 513 murders in 2012 … about average for the past 5 years … but – on the bright side – only about half the number common 20 years ago.
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Though murder rates were even higher 20 years ago, police “cleared” more two-thirds of Chicago’s homicides then, i.e. arrested & prosecuted somebody.
The clearance rate has dropped below 1 in 3 … largely due to “no snitch” rules of the street.
OK, let’s start with the garden variety doping allegation.
Several news sources reported that Alex Rodriguez of the Yankees was “ensnared in a doping investigation once again when an alternative weekly newspaper reported baseball’s highest-paid star was among a half-dozen players listed in records of a Florida clinic the paper said sold performance-enhancing drugs.”
Technical question: What the heck is an “alternative weekly newspaper”? What is it an alternative to?
The Miami New Times said the three-time AL MVP bought human growth hormone and other performance-enhancing substances during 2009-12 from Biogenesis of America LLC, a now-closed anti-aging clinic in Coral Cables near Rodriguez’s offseason home.
Another technical question: What the heck is an “anti-aging” clinic? Glad to see it closed.
The New York Yankees third baseman issued a statement denying the allegations.
Now let’s move to the jaw-dropper: Raven’s LB Ray Lewis Accused of Using Performance Enhancing Deer Spray.
First. my stake in the game: I consider myself an economist … at heart and by schooling … majored in econ … grad work in applied econ … worked for awhile doing econometrics.
Econ still permeates my marketing strategy work.
So, I was naturally drawn by an article in the UK Independent:
“Fraudster fools a whole nation: Portuguese economics pundit exposed as conman.”
Just looking at this dude has gotta set off some alarm bells …
Here’s the story and my take on the question ….
The Homa Files 