Unravelling the enigma: The perils of prediction and the elusive science of foretelling the future
Unraveling the mystery of opinion polling: Challenges, failures, and the art of predicting the unpredictable.
US Presidential Election
🔒 Donald Trump and Covid-19: What we know, what happens next – Wall Street Journal
US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump both tested positive for Covid-19 in the early hours of Friday. Here’s what we know.
🔒 Meet Kamala Harris, Joe Biden’s running mate against Donald Trump – Wall Street Journal
Senator Kamala Harris of California is the first Black woman and the first woman of Asian descent nominated for US vice president by a major party.
Is news literacy the fake news cure?
On combating fake news, FT columnist Hannah Kuchler suggests that “news literacy should be taught like sex and drugs education, to protect individuals and society as a whole.”
WATCH: Americans erupt after “Mugabe” gives “Trump” the dictator treatment.
This YouTube clip from the weekend has already had almost 5m views – helped along by “The Donald” being put in his place by Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe.
Jani Allan: An open letter to intolerant, hypocritical “liberal” Americans.
Jani Allan’s latest contribution looks at continued attacks by self-proclaimed “liberals” on those who voted for her adopted country’s new President.
‘Liberal’ intolerance – making sense of anti-Brexit, pro-Clinton, #FeesMustFall protests.
How does one explain the reaction by anti-Brexit, pro-Clinton and #FeesMustFall protestors? Rex van Schalkwyk finds answers by understanding a book called Illiberal Education.
Anthea Jeffery: What the Media don’t want you to know
Anthea Jeffery says Trump’s victory suggests that ordinary people are beginning to see through the media’s distortions and want it to go back to its true role.
Rosenthal: Why evangelicals have put morally flawed Trump in the White House
Exit polls showed Donald Trump captured the overwhelming majority of the self-described evangelical vote, without which he would not have been elected.
Trump appoints right wing media’s Bannon to champion Washington disruption.
Reince Priebus will be chief of staff and Stephen Bannon will serve as chief strategist and senior counselor when Donald Trump takes over as U.S. president.