Suppose I were to tell you that in Durham County neighborhoods with the following characteristics — a lower percentage of white individuals, “lower economic and racial spatial advantage,” “higher area deprivation,” “higher reported violent crimes, evictions, poverty, unemployment, uninsurance, and child care center density, as well as lower election participation, income, and education” — that there is also a higher incidence of three chronic diseases. What...
In the 21st century, woke progressivism has inundated itself in mass culture, academic institutions, and left-wing political policy. However, in its most recent expansion it has perniciously invaded scientific institutions in an attempt to totalize a political agenda. In seeking to have a totalizing narrative, woke progressivism attempts to leave no stone unturned. The insatiable...
“When science dissolves its marriage with reality, truth, their child, is orphaned.” “Don’t you wonder where they all are?” This simple question was posed by Enrico Fermi during a lunch with fellow physicists in 1950 and has become a serious problem for modern science. The question has resonated like a stone thrown into a pond, but...
The state of scientific rigor is in disarray. While not using these words directly, Tom Nicholson, a researcher at Duke University, said as much in his commentary published by the WSJ. In his opinion, the quality of scientific publications took a significant hit during the era of COVID-19. He cites Duke University’s complicity in what...
Rick Henderson on potential tax fraud in N.C.; legislators debate pros & cons of death tax; Thom Goolsby on consequences for violating open meeting/public records laws; John Staddon on science & religion; JLF's Jon Sanders on renewable energy mandate
A medical journal has revealed the dangers of believing a single, “pathbreaking study” about a particular intervention. Often, subsequent research contradicts it. There’s a lesson here for all of us.
When someone purports to tell you what "science" says about a public policy problem, you should know it's time to be scientifically skeptical.
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