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  • Fantasy advice: draft some sleepers

    The San Diego Union-Tribune, Syndicated content|Updated Mar 25, 2023

    In sports and gambling, there is a (mistaken) belief that a player who is performing better than normal will continue to play well. We humans sometimes fail to appreciate statistical independence - i.e. two events are independent when the occurrence of one doesn't change the probability of the other. There have been several scientific experiments to document the "hot-hand" fallacy in basketball. A player could make several shots in a row, but their shooting percentage will...

  • Opinion: Home virus tests crucial to return to normalcy

    San Diego Union-Tribune, Syndicated content|Updated Dec 28, 2021

    When Joe Biden took over as president, millions of Americans were relieved to finally have a leader who could be counted on to consistently shepherd the federal government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic in a coherent and fact-driven way. But Biden’s record has been far from spotless. Yes, any president was going to struggle with a political movement that bizarrely conflates getting vaccinated against a deadly disease with surrendering personal freedom, and whose leaders include the governors of the second- and...

  • Sunday Reader: Golden Hour: Afghan war brought medical advances

    San Diego Union-Tribune, Syndicated content|Updated Jun 26, 2021

    When the last U.S. service member leaves Afghanistan, perhaps by early next month, America's longest war on foreign soil will end - and so too a mission initially dubbed Operation Enduring Freedom. Just what endures from the 20-year war is an open question, except in one area: battlefield medicine. There, gains have already taken root. One-handed tourniquets. Blood transfusions near the front lines. Faster evacuations to trauma centers. All got implemented in Afghanistan, and...

  • Opinion: We could use a president like George H.W. Bush

    San Diego Union-Tribune|Updated Dec 4, 2018

    It’s fitting that former President George H.W. Bush, whose diplomacy helped end the short Gulf War and the long Cold War, is being remembered in death for words he uttered in his 1988 nomination speech: “Kinder,” “gentler,” and “1,000 points of light.” Bush’s graciousness and kindness were on display his entire 94-year life. He himself was a point of light. He was a former World War II hero, a Texas oil entrepreneur, a congressman, a U.N. ambassador, a CIA director, a two-term vice president, a one-term...

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