I have always believed that an educated person requires a basic familiarity with probability and statistics—how else can one deal with one’s investments, deal with

Regular readers of this column will recall I am a great fan of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and its recommendations. I consider

I love Myron and Phyllis Studner but, in truth. I know little about them. What I do know is that Myron was a very successful

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With all of the recent brouhaha regarding presidents of major universities and how they have dealt with antisemitism and protests on their campuses, one major

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