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In the last 20 years, I've gone from being completely obsessed with baseball, to not watching until the postseason, to basically never watching but loving old stats, to yawning from

There have been a couple of great podcasts/articles about why NFL teams are still so bad at picking QBs. Coupla thoughts.1. QB is one of the most contingent jobs in

I wrote about how we're entering the full zombie phase of "hygiene theater"https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/04/end-hygiene-theater/618576/Evidence for surface transmission of COVID-19 is truly pathetic. But unlik

The micro-demographics moving most toward Democrats since 2016 are more high income and white. The groups moving toward Trump are more low-income and minority.Upshot: At the margins, the electorate is

Gonna riff on this because it's goes to one of my favorite questions: How do people come to believe what they come to believe, esp during periods of high uncertainty

I wrote about a question that White House corona-skeptics are asking dangerously and Millennials are sweating honestly: What do young people really have to fear from COVID-19?https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/09/what-young-heal

I wrote about a key ally of COVID-19 in this pandemic: Your voice.https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/08/wear-your-mask-and-stop-talking/615796/The virus spreads thru large and small droplets that we produce when we speak and sho

A dark week, but here are four pieces of good news on the COVID-front.1) There's a growing consensus that COVID reinfection is unlikely. Immunity probably doesn't disappear after a few

I wrote about that UK study that launched a thousand headlines screaming about how our COVID-19 immunity goes away after a few weeks and a vaccine is doomed.https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/could-covid-19-immunity-really-di

The most important COVID story right now is the age shift.In Texas: Young adults driving the spike.https://www.texastribune.org/2020/06/16/texas-coronavirus-spike-young-adults/In Arizona: COVID cases growing 2X faster among ages 20-44 than

The largest outbreak in South Korea came from a church.The largest outbreak in France came from a church.The latest outbreak in Germany came from a church.The latest CDC investigation traces

I wrote about the science of COVID's indoor vs. outdoor transmission, and what it means for the future of the great indoors, including:- offices- restaurants and retail- theaters - arenas-