The poet John Godfrey Saxe famously suggested that if you like law and sausage, you shouldn’t watch them being made. He said that in 1869, when graduate school was in its infancy in the United ...

John Godfrey Saxe’s quip certainly applies to the Meat Inspection Act of 1906, legislation meant to clean up Chicago’s meat-packing industry (“‘The Jungle’ Is a Cautionary Tale for DOGE ...

In the parable of the Blind Men and the Elephant (see Sidebar), by John Godfrey Saxe, each of the 6 blind men from Indostan evaluated an elephant from his perspective. One perceived it as a wall ...

That each by observation may satisfy his mind.” – John Godfrey Saxe, “The Blind Men and the Elephant” I’ve been thinking about this fable a lot lately as I ponder how artificial ...