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Track meets and basketball provide different lessons about meritocracy?
Who's the best depends on who we are connected to and the pattern of those connections
May 14
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Lacking Health Insurance is a (Probabilistic) Death Sentence - Literally.
What happens when people lose Medicaid?
May 7
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April 2025
How are vaccination rates like water freezing?
A quick primer on the non-linear nature of the effect of vaccination rates
Apr 25
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Who built the Gilded Age?
Lessons from the past on the benefits of immigration
Apr 17
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Does Diversity Trump Individual Expertise?
The wisdom of crowds, the difference, and banned books.
Apr 10
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Why did we start taxing income in 1913?
“Too much of the revenue… is to be derived from the tariff on necessities of household use.”
Apr 4
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March 2025
Why the Gaines County, Texas measles outbreak is less unusual but signals more danger than most realize.
We’ve all been in a school lunch room.
Mar 27
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Why the Gaines County, Texas measles outbreak is less unusual but signals more danger than most realize.
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An Anniversary Reflection
This week marks an anniversary for many people.
Mar 13
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It's the inequality, stupid!
How most US workers lost over $20,000 in earnings last year to Elon Musk and his cronies.
Mar 7
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February 2025
The MAGA Downswing
The time of "American greatness" doesn't match MAGA policies
Feb 27
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Epidemic Growth in Fits and Starts
What can your Facebook network tell you about measles in Texas, the growth of online influence, or the growth of your business.
Feb 21
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A narrow escape for the Indian Health Service - for now
Funding cuts at programs surviving on a shoestring
Feb 19
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