Here are some posts from 2023 that either were popular with readers or worth revisiting again:

The Contagious Disease That Shall Not Be Named–According to the NY Times (the key point is someone obviously tested and could tell us what the illness was)

COVID Surrealism at the U.S. Open

CDC Presentation: Long COVID Occurs at Non-Trivial Frequencies

Anti-COVID Precaution Vice Signaling Has Real Consequences

The Partisan Gap on MMR Vaccines

A Quick Thought About Nobels and Academia

The Problem with D.C.’s Downtown Is the Private, Not Federal, Sector

Given the Prevalence of STIs, We Need Doxy-PEP, but There Could Be Consequences

To Understand Foreign Policy, One Must Consider Domestic Politics

Yes, Wearing a Mask Matters

Nothing in Movement Conservatism Makes Sense, Except in the Light of Creationism: The Speaker Johnson Edition

BuT wHy Do PeOpLe ThInK tHe EcOnOmY sUcKs? A Personal Angle on Some Justice for D.C. Renters

Long COVID in England

Tuesday’s Results, Democrats, and Off-Year Elections

AI, AMR, and Data Ownership: Blessed Are the Data Generators

COVID Is Very Bad for Some People’s Brains

Professional Democrats, You Have to Tell People Things

A Side Benefit of Reasonable Anti-COVID Precautions

What If You Had a Vaccine That Lessened the Chance of Severe Illness or Even Death, and No One Wanted It?

The Rents Are Too Damn High–And Democrats Should Do Something About It

The Rent Is Too Damn High: The D.C. Rent Stabilization Edition

Liberate the Toothpaste Aisle

Some Quick Thoughts About That Colorado Decision

No, It Is Not “Undemocratic” to Remove Trump from the Ballot