And using this ridiculous, inaccurate metric typically results in a punitive response to individual people rather than changing the systems that produce such poor outcomes at such a high cost.

Really interesting and well written article! And it was oddly comforting to be reminded that the scientific method can work. And to remember that science actually still exists.

I've been on staff for ... 38 years, and I don't remember ever feeling the paper is as focused and consequential as I do now. I can't speak to the effect, but as T.S. Eliot said, "For us there is only the trying. The rest is not our business."

The Sun Times coverage has been remarkable, reminding all of us of the power of and need for strong local journalism.

Good trouble! Necessary trouble!