Category Opinion

Four years ago, The Economist magazine asked me to construct a model for forecasting the results of the US presidential election. My colleagues and I did a pretty good job of capturing the uncertainty — we predicted that Joe Biden…

To the editor: A number of letter writers seemed alarmed by Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Kamala Harris for president. Some even mentioned that entertainment is a business, and therefore many stars decline to make endorsements. Well, how weak are they?…