Sometimes I wonder how apparently dumb people get to be in positions of such influence. Take, for example, this column by Peggy Noonan, an editor at the Wall Street Journal: During the past week’s heat wave–it hit 100 degrees in New York City Monday–I got thinking, again, of how sad and frustrating it is that [...]
Peggy Noonan against Science
July 20, 2006
The Statistical Baby
July 13, 2006
Ruby’s now at the age where numbers matter. Not to her, of course — she’s not that gifted — but to me. Any time she eats, sleeps, or poops, I want to know when, for how long, and how much. When Kate and I come back from an evening out, we immediately grill the babysitters [...]