Exploring Beyond the Horizon

With the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, there has been a renewed interest around the Supreme Court and presidential-election-year confirmations.  I really like numbers and data analysis, so I decided to put together my own analysis of the Supreme court from 1900* through the present. I welcome any feedback, comments or corrections if anything in my analysis or below is factually inaccurate.  I have tried to only present factual data with the intent of learning more about the Supreme Court rather than providing my personal analysis and conclusions. I have not linked to any sources that are rated as "Far-left" or "Far-right." However, while trying to be neutral and factual,  the selection of which data points are presented or unintentionally excluded is likely influenced by my own personal biases. To put these biases upfront on the table, I grew up in a religious, very politically conservative home but over the course of the last 5 years or so have started to lean s...

Chances are if you have a Facebook account, you've heard of the recent French film directed by  Maïmouna Doucouré called Cuties which is on Netflix.  It has generated a lot of negative publicity for its portrayal of young teenage girls who compete in a dance competition inappropriately dressed by most standards of modesty. I was initially shocked seeing the poster for the movie with girls aged 12-14 (who play as eleven-year olds in the film) in their dance uniforms that resemble what you might see from the Dallas Cheerleaders. Surely the vitriol this movie created was justified as I watched a clip from the movie of this dance scene which showed the girls dancing provocatively.  I was further mortified by reports that there was child nudity in the film. I felt the outrage for this horrible film.   I also came across the director's statement on the film. I was curious as to how she could possibly justify such an obviously immoral film.  But I read her stateme...