It's a lot better to hope than not to.
We in the media are just people with all of people's faults.
I'm an economist by training. I don't really work as an economist. I only worked briefly as an economist.
If we try to engineer outcomes, if we overturn tradition to make everyone the same, we ruin society. If we upset tradition to allow for an equal shot at the starting gate, everyone wins, except for the charlatans and would be dictators.
It is so great to sleep in safe, glorious, beautiful America. I just cannot get over it.
I always assumed scientists were free to ask any question, pursue any line of inquiry without fear or reprisal.