Thursday Numbers

Thanks for stopping by for your weekly dose of knowledge! Can you believe this is the last Thursday Numbers for June?

If you are a first-time visitor, “Thursday Numbers” is the column where I take a look at the numbers that are in the news (in descending order) and provide commentary (sometimes spiked with sarcasm) just to make you smile, shake your head, or make you send me nasty e-mails or Tweets.

This week I write about unemployment, a Wild Card winner, Ravalli County (MT), Daines & Toomey, Lois Lerner, Cochran & McDaniel, JFK, Iraq, oil trains, the dentist, same-sex marriage, U.S. Supreme Court, newly insured in 2014, Montana gas prices, the Kentucky senate race, a no hitter, and much more!

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