A Matter of Fact

A Matter of Fact provides selective excerpts containing statistical statements on a variety of public policy topics, particularly social, economic, political, environmental, and health issues. The statistics are taken from a variety of newspapers, magazines, newsletters, and Web sites. Compared to other services, it provides content that is unique in two ways: first, all excerpts contain statistical evidence; and second, the entries are not abstracts but rather excerpted quotes from the original speaker’s or writer’s statement, so that the statistics are presented in context.

A Matter of Fact contains entries from 1984 to the present. The publications list includes 1,078...