I like young writers with big ideas. I met Ezra Klein last year at a public writing conference sponsored by his old newspaper, The Washington Post, and the Poynter Institute. Like his writing, Klein ...

In the previous installment on evaluating scientific models hinted that one standard of evaluation is the degree to which they are broadly applicable in explaining natural phenomena. As mentioned in ...

Randomized trials have traditionally been broadly categorized as either an effectiveness trial or an efficacy trial, although we prefer the terms “pragmatic” and “explanatory.” Schwartz and Lellouch ...

In recent weeks, I have been promoting the idea that one goal of journalists — and other public writers — during the pandemic and recession is “civic clarity.” This can only be achieved when reporters ...

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