The faithful just couldn't stand the heresy of Saturday’s editorial. “Global warming, anyone?” we asked rhetorically. “Of course,” we teased, “one cold snap -- even if it sets 20-year-records -- doesn ...

Either of two phenomena may be at work -- the "placebo effect" or the "post hoc, ergo propter hoc" (after this, therefore because of this) fallacy. Some of the most iconic over-the-counter name-brand ...

We’ve heard a lot about fake news. But also beware of fake logic. So let’s have a brief lesson in Latin and logic. In logic, a classic fallacy is known as post hoc ergo propter hoc. That Latin phrase, ...

Since Obamacare as we know it could be subjected to some wrenching changes as soon as this Thursday, it’s a good time to take stock of its relative popularity. And the big trend, as noted by Mark ...

"The Committee on Affirmative Action and the Status of Women of the Society for [insert organization name here] (a) declares that its primary objective is to render itself obsolete and (b) requests ...

In the Wall Street Journal of 1/7/03, James Q. Wilson quotes William Galston, a former Clinton Administration official, on what I would call “the basics”: To avoid poverty, do three things: finish ...