What if nearly everything that’s been written about this month’s Intergenerational Report is wrong? I’ll explain. But first, here’s a sample of the headlines: “Young Australians at risk of a poorer…

I have often felt that "The Economist" is one of the best-edited publications around. Since it primarily involves economics, and there is no scientific basis to it beyond supply and demand, it is…

I have often felt that "The Economist" is one of the best-edited publications around. Since it primarily involves economics, and there is no scientific basis to it beyond supply and demand, it is…

If you go to social media, you can see a lot of suspect claims about fad diets, unapproved medical devices, therapies, and conspiracy theories. Many of them have names with "Dr." attached. How is the…

A few months ago, the Supreme Court continued to play Whack-A-Mole with the Biden administrationon's efforts to give control over US family farms to the EPA - under the guise of a Waters of the…

A few months ago, the Supreme Court continued to play Whack-A-Mole with the Biden administrationon's efforts to give control over US family farms to the EPA - under the guise of a Waters of the…

Last century, $3 billion in environmental groups opposed 19th century technology - oil. To win their war on extinction they promoted an unscientific concept that caught on with journalists and allied…

Last century, $3 billion in environmental groups opposed 19th century technology - oil. To win their war on extinction they promoted an unscientific concept that caught on with journalists and allied…

With rampant inflation, an economy whose only baffling bragging right is that it gained back 80 percent of the jobs lost since the Biden administration began, and mortgage rates increasing the most…

We use an atomic orbital in our logo, even though it is scientifically wrong. Scientists spend a lot of time nit-picking minutiae(1)  but sometimes you have to go with imagery the broad public…

We use an atomic orbital in our logo, even though it is scientifically wrong. Scientists spend a lot of time nit-picking minutiae(1)  but sometimes you have to go with imagery the broad public…

Do you think being a barber will cause you to get cancer? Listening to the radio? Drinking from a paper straw? If the answer is yes, you are an International Agency for Research on Cancer…

Do you think being a barber will cause you to get cancer? Listening to the radio? Drinking from a paper straw? If the answer is yes, you are an International Agency for Research on Cancer…

Are universities and medical schools racist? They must be if a Supreme Court decision based on ending discrimination against Asians means fewer doctors. Yet that is the argument in a recent JAMA op…

Are universities and medical schools racist? They must be if a Supreme Court decision based on ending discrimination against Asians means fewer doctors. Yet that is the argument in a recent JAMA op…

The world is in a tough spot with antibiotics. Because they came into use in 1928, to the public they seem like they should all be generic and cost a dollar.  Yet due to expensive new…

We're no longer surprised that so many people bow down to the Invisible Hand of economics, worshipping its messenger coins and notes, and attending its oracles, the Wall Street analysts. Adam Smith,…

Chronic lyme disease does not exist, but if you say it does long enough, a scholar will begin to study it, and then others will cite 'emerging evidence', and journalists will 'teach the controversy',…

The coasts of the US take a lot of criticism in the science community for being opposed to well-understood science like nuclear power, natural gas, cell phones, agriculture, and, until 2021, vaccines…

The coasts of the US take a lot of criticism in the science community for being opposed to well-understood science like nuclear power, natural gas, cell phones, agriculture, and, until 2021, vaccines…