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PARIS - The 2024 Olympics worked at a time when the Olympic movement needed them to work. They were safe. They were accessible. The backdrops were spectacular. Fencing inside the Grand Palais. Equestrian at Versailles. Skateboarding next to the Luxor Obelisk. Beach volleyball beneath the Eiffel Tower. "My first couple matches, stepping onto the court with 12,000 people cheering, it was just an incredible atmosphere," said Chase Budinger, the La Costa Canyon, Calif., High Schoo...
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...
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 thi...
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...
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 president and a...
